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Magnetic switching of phonon angular momentum in a ferrimagnetic insulator

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Pith's one-line read In the ferrimagnetic insulator Fe1.75Zn0.25Mo3O8, a pair of chiral phonons splits by about 20% of their frequency at zero field, and a 0.2 T magnetic field non-volatilely switches their angular momentum together with the magnetization.

desk verdict Credible demonstration of non-volatile magnetic switching of chiral-phonon Raman response in a ferrimagnet, but the LR/RL channel swap alone does not fully prove phonon angular momentum reversal. read the letter →

arxiv 2501.10650 v2 pith:D3E5SVVJ submitted 2025-01-18 cond-mat.mtrl-sci cond-mat.mes-hall

Fangliang Wu , Jing Zhou , Song Bao , Liangyue Li , Jinsheng Wen , Yuan Wan , Qi Zhang This is my paper · ORCID
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This paper reports that in a polar ferrimagnetic insulator, phonons can carry angular momentum that is controlled by magnetism in a non-volatile way, without changing the material's structure or composition. It identifies a pair of low-energy chiral phonon branches, P1a and P1b, whose zero-field energy splitting reaches about 20% of the phonon frequency, a signature of spontaneously broken time-reversal symmetry in the magnetic ground state. Applying a moderate magnetic field of about 0.2 T reverses the ferrimagnetic magnetization and with it the phonon angular momentum, as read out from circular-polarization-resolved Raman selection rules. Near the magnetic ordering temperature, the effective phonon magnetic moment grows to 2.62 Bohr magnetons, larger than that of a magnon. If correct, this gives a practical, non-volatile handle on phonon angular momentum, useful for angular-momentum transport and phononic domain engineering.

What carries the argument

The central object is a pair of $E_2$-symmetry chiral phonons (P1a and P1b) at about 42 and 51 cm$^{-1}$, detected with circular-polarization-resolved Raman scattering in the LR and RL channels. The argument uses pseudo-angular-momentum conservation in the Raman process, with $C_3$ symmetry assigning $\pm\hbar$ pseudo-angular momentum to the two branches, and a long-wavelength correspondence between pseudo-angular momentum and real phonon angular momentum from atomic circular motion. The microscopic mechanism is an angular-momentum-selective phonon-magnon coupling: each chiral phonon branch hybridizes with magnons carrying the same angular momentum direction, acquiring a magnetic moment proportional to $(\gamma/\Delta)^2 \mu_{\mathrm{mag}}$; the ferrimagnetic molecular field produces the giant zero-field splitting, and spin fluctuations near $T_N$ amplify the field-induced shift. Monte Carlo simulation of this minimal model reproduces the observed splitting and asymmetric Zeeman behavior.

What would settle it

Momentum-resolved inelastic X-ray or neutron scattering on a single ferrimagnetic domain below $T_N$ should resolve the eigenvectors of the 42 and 51 cm$^{-1}$ modes: if their atomic displacements are not circularly polarized in the ab-plane, or if the circular polarization does not reverse when the magnetization is switched by +/-0.2 T, the central claim fails.

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Core claim

On the paper's own terms, the central discovery is that the P1a and P1b Raman modes in Fe1.75Zn0.25Mo3O8 are a genuinely chiral phonon pair whose angular momentum is locked to the ferrimagnetic order. Spontaneous time-reversal symmetry breaking in the ferrimagnet lifts the degeneracy of the two circularly polarized branches, producing a splitting of 1.25 meV, about 20% of the phonon frequency, at zero applied field. The same ordering allows a moderate field to switch which branch carries which angular momentum, and the switch persists after the field is removed, as shown by a phonon Raman hysteresis synchronized with magnetization and magnetic circular dichroism. The phonon magnetic moment, derived from the field derivative of the phonon frequency, reaches 0.22 Bohr magnetons at low temperature and is enhanced to 2.62 Bohr magnetons near $T_N$ due to spin fluctuations. A phonon-magnon coupling model with Monte Carlo simulations reproduces the giant splitting, the asymmetric Zeeman shifts, and the enhancement near $T_N$. The paper also shows two phononic domain types locked to ferrimagnetic domains and proposes that their boundaries may host topologically protected phononic edge modes.

Load-bearing premise

The load-bearing premise is that the two low-energy modes seen in Raman are phonons with genuinely circular atomic motion, and that the LR/RL Raman channel swap tracks the reversal of that circular motion; if the modes were magnetic or magnetoelastic in character, the phonon-angular-momentum conclusion would not follow.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • Non-volatile, field-free control of phonon angular momentum is possible in a magnetic insulator: a 0.2 T pulse writes the phonon chirality, and it stays after the field is removed.
  • The zero-field chiral phonon splitting of 1.25 meV acts as a sensitive optical probe of ferrimagnetic order and spin fluctuations, disappearing above $T_N$ and re-emerging with the magnetic order.
  • Near $T_N$, the effective phonon magnetic moment of 2.62 $\mu_B$ exceeds a single magnon moment, implying chiral phonons can serve as strong angular-momentum transducers near the magnetic phase transition.
  • Ferrimagnetic domains template phononic domains with opposite Zeeman shifts, enabling micrometer-scale engineering of chiral-phonon regions.
  • Domain walls between phononic domains of opposite gap sign may host topologically protected chiral edge modes, whose propagation direction should reverse when the magnetization is switched.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Beyond the paper's data, the same angular-momentum-selective coupling mechanism should make phonon angular momentum switchable in other polar ferrimagnets with $E$-symmetry phonons and a single easy magnetization axis; the essential ingredient is a net magnetization that can be coherently reversed.
  • The proposed topological edge modes at ferrimagnetic domain walls, if detected with tip-enhanced Raman or a local probe, would turn each domain wall into a switchable one-way channel for phonon angular momentum; this is an inference beyond the paper's domain mapping.
  • Because the P1 phonons carry nonzero pseudo-angular momentum along the $c$-axis, sweeping the temperature or field across $T_N$ could transiently release this angular momentum into the spin system; measuring a phononic contribution to magnetization dynamics would be a testable extension not reported here.
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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript reports polarization-resolved magneto-Raman experiments on the ferrimagnetic polar insulator Fe1.75Zn0.25Mo3O8. The authors identify two low-energy modes (P1a at ~5.21 meV and P1b at ~6.32 meV) as a chiral phonon pair with opposite circular polarization selection rules, a zero-field splitting that reaches ~20% of the phonon frequency, and asymmetric Zeeman shifts in a magnetic field. A peak effective phonon magnetic moment of 2.62 Bohr magnetons is reported near the Neel temperature. The phonon modes follow the ferrimagnetic hysteresis, and the LR/RL Raman channels exchange when the magnetization is reversed, which the authors interpret as switching of phonon pseudo-angular momentum. Raman mapping combined with magneto-optical imaging reveals phononic domains locked to ferrimagnetic domains. A phonon-magnon coupling model with Monte Carlo simulations is presented to account for the splitting, asymmetric shifts, and near-TN enhancement, and the authors speculatively propose topologically protected phononic edge modes at domain boundaries.

Significance. If the interpretation holds, the paper demonstrates a new handle for non-volatilely controlling phonon angular momentum in a magnetic insulator, with potential implications for angular momentum transport and phononic device concepts. The experimental core is strong: the Raman, RMCD, and magnetization data are mutually consistent and cross-checked, and the ~0.2 T switching and the domain correspondence are directly evidenced. The 20% zero-field splitting is unusually large and the near-TN enhancement of the effective phonon magnetic moment is an interesting effect. The paper also benefits from a clear distinction between the measured effects and the more speculative edge-mode proposal. However, two load-bearing interpretive steps -- the conversion of the LR/RL channel exchange into phonon angular momentum reversal and the extraction of the 2.62 Bohr magneton number -- require additional scrutiny, and the theoretical model is not fully documented in the main text.

major comments (3)
  1. [Fig. 3(a), 'Magnetic control of chiral phonons'] The conclusion that the LR/RL channel exchange in Fig. 3(a) demonstrates the reversal of phonon angular momentum assumes that the circular intensity asymmetry is controlled by the phonon eigenvector's pseudo-angular momentum. Magnetic crystals can exhibit antisymmetric (morphic) Raman tensor components proportional to magnetization, which produce circular intensity differences for linearly polarized phonons and would also reverse when the magnetization reverses. The opposite Stokes/anti-Stokes selection rules mentioned in the text are a strong indicator of chiral phonon angular momentum, but the paper does not quantify or exclude a morphic contribution. Please provide a Raman tensor analysis, or an independent eigenvector determination (e.g., X-ray measured phonon eigenvectors or ab initio calculation of the Raman tensor), to uniquely assign the LR/RL swap to phonon angular momentum reversal.
  2. [Fig. 2(c), 'Phonon magnetic moment extraction'] The effective phonon magnetic moment of 2.62 Bohr magnetons is extracted by taking a numerical derivative of the phonon frequency with respect to field near zero field. In the near-TN data the field dependence is clearly nonlinear (a strong initial slope that saturates at higher field), so the derivative value depends on the choice of field window and step. No error or fitting details are given. Please report the field increment and the derivative procedure, and provide an uncertainty estimate; if possible, fit the low-field branch to a model function to establish that a well-defined linear regime exists.
  3. [Microscopic model and Fig. 2(d)] The Monte Carlo simulation is stated to reproduce the giant splitting, the asymmetric Zeeman shifts, and the near-TN enhancement, but all model parameters (phonon-magnon coupling gamma, detuning Delta, relative Fe-I versus Fe-II coupling weight, and the magnetic Hamiltonian parameters) are deferred to the Supplementary Materials, which is not part of the reviewed manuscript. If the parameters are tuned to match the measured spectra, then the model's success is not a parameter-free test. Please include the full parameter set and a sensitivity analysis, and state clearly which parameters are fixed by first principles or independent measurements and which are fitted.
minor comments (5)
  1. [Abstract and Section 1] The claim of a splitting reaching 20% of the phonon frequency is ambiguous because the splitting of 1.25 meV is 24% of the 5.21 meV P1a frequency and about 20% of the 6.32 meV P1b frequency; please specify the reference frequency used.
  2. [Fig. 2(c) caption] The phrase 'B is the increment of external' is incomplete; it should read 'external magnetic field'.
  3. [Section 1, paragraph 3] The sentence describing 'opposite selection rules in the Stokes and anti-Stokes processes' would be clearer if it explicitly stated which mode appears in which channel (LR or RL) for Stokes and for anti-Stokes.
  4. [Fig. 4(c)] The line-scan spectra show a spectral weight shift across the domain boundary; please state how the boundary width in the Raman mapping compares with the optical resolution, since this affects the interpretation of the two phononic domains as sharply separated.
  5. [References] References [34] and [35] are arXiv preprints; if the papers have appeared in peer-reviewed journals, please cite the published versions.

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full rationale

Walking the derivation chain, the main claims—the 42/51 cm-1 mode splitting, its magnetization dependence, the field-induced hysteresis, and the correlation of phononic and FiM domains—are direct experimental observables. The phonon assignment is supported by continuity with the parent compound (citing prior experimental work [39,40]) and by external selection-rule references [41,44] for pseudo-angular-momentum conservation; the same authors' earlier paper [39] is real prior experimental evidence rather than an unverified assertion, and it is not the sole support for any load-bearing step. The inference that LR/RL channel reversal corresponds to reversal of phonon angular momentum is a physics interpretation of independently measured Raman spectra, not a constructional identity with those spectra. The Monte Carlo model is explicitly presented as reproducing observations ('it well reproduces main observations...'), and the paper even notes a discrepancy for the P1b branch below TN, so the model is not disguised as a parameter-free prediction and the observations do not reduce to it. The edge-mode discussion is explicitly hypothetical ('we propose'/'we discuss the possibility'). No equation in the paper is shown to be equivalent by construction to an input, and no fitted parameter is renamed as a prediction. Central claims are therefore self-contained against external benchmarks, and no specific circular reduction can be exhibited.

Assumptions & free parameters 5 free parameters · 5 assumptions · 1 invented entities

Free parameters are concentrated in the phonon-magnon model and Monte Carlo simulation, whose numerical values are deferred to the Supplement. The material assumptions, such as phonon identity and the TRS-breaking mechanism, are standard but not independently proven in the main text. One invented entity, phononic edge modes at domain walls, is proposed without direct evidence.

free parameters (5)
  • phonon-magnon coupling strength γ = not stated in main text
    Enters the effective phonon magnetic moment relation μph ∝ (γ/Δ)^2 μ_mag; the numerical value is left to the Supplement.
  • frequency detuning Δ = not stated in main text
    Energy separation between the P1 phonons and the relevant magnon branches; required to compute the induced phonon magnetic moment.
  • relative Fe-I versus Fe-II coupling weight = Fe-I dominated, ratio not quantified
    The text states 'Assuming the coupling to Fe-I dominates' to explain the asymmetric shifts of P1a and P1b.
  • Monte Carlo Hamiltonian parameters = not specified in main text
    The minimal model behind Fig. 2(d) is described qualitatively; exchange, Zeeman, and spin-phonon parameters are deferred to the Supplement.
  • bare phonon frequency ω0 = not stated
    Used to define the simulated shift (ω - ω0) in Fig. 2(d); its value and how it is chosen are not given.
assumptions (5)
  • domain assumption The P1 modes in FZMO are phonons with E2 symmetry inherited from Fe2Mo3O8 and persist above TN.
    Invoked to assign the 42 and 51 cm-1 modes as phonons; the evidence is temperature persistence and parent-compound analogy rather than an independent displacement-pattern analysis in FZMO.
  • domain assumption Backscattering Raman with light along the c-axis gives detected phonons a finite wavevector 2kinc along c, making them truly chiral.
    Used to distinguish truly chiral from falsely chiral phonons; the conclusion depends on the scattering geometry and on the phonon dispersion along the c-axis.
  • ad hoc to paper Phonon-magnon coupling is angular-momentum selective and the coupling to the Fe-I sublattice dominates.
    The model assumes P1a and P1b couple to different magnon branches and that Fe-I coupling dominates; no ab initio calculation is shown.
  • ad hoc to paper The ferrimagnetic Weiss molecular field and spin fluctuations produce the zero-field splitting and the near-TN enhancement of the effective phonon magnetic moment.
    This is the proposed microscopic mechanism; the main text does not provide an independent calculation of the molecular field magnitude.
  • domain assumption Pseudo-angular momentum is conserved in the Raman scattering process, so the reversal of LR and RL activation implies reversal of phonon angular momentum.
    This standard conservation rule connects the observed circular-polarization switching to the physical angular momentum of the phonon modes.
invented entities (1)
  • Phononic edge modes at ferrimagnetic domain walls
    purpose: Proposed topological one-way channels for chiral phonons at domain boundaries
    The paper does not observe in-gap states, notes the domain wall is below the far-field Raman diffraction limit, and offers only a honeycomb-lattice analogy; no material-specific calculation is shown in the main text.

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Circularly polarized phonons offer a new route for mediating angular momentum in solids. However, controlling phonon angular momentum without altering the material's structure or composition remains challenging. Here, we demonstrate the non-volatile switching of angular momentum-carrying phonons by leveraging intrinsic ferrimagnetism in an insulator. We find a pair of chiral phonons with giant energy splitting reaching 20% of the phonon frequency, due to spontaneously broken time-reversal symmetry. With a moderate magnetic field, the phonon angular momentum of the two chiral phonon branches can be switched along with the magnetization. Notably, near the critical temperature, the effective phonon magnetic moment is enhanced, reaching 2.62 Bohr magneton, exceeding the moment of a magnon. A microscopic model based on phonon-magnon coupling accounts for the observations. Furthermore, we identify two types of phononic domains with opposite phonon Zeeman splitting and propose the existence of topologically protected phononic edge modes at domain boundaries. These results demonstrate effective manipulation of chiral phonons with magnetism, and pave the way for engineering chiral phononic domains on the micrometer scale.

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Figure 1. (a), the Fe-O tetrahedron(I) and Fe-O octahe￾dron(II) form a honeycomb lattice structure. The Mo￾O octahedral layer separates the neighboring Fe layers, with the positions of Fe-I and Fe-II exchanged. Below 50 K, the N´eel-type order hosted by Fe atoms dominates the magnetism of the system, with larger magnetic mo￾ments in octahedral sites. Preferential substitution of non-magnetic Zn atoms for tetrahedral sites giv… view at source ↗
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Figure 2. FIG. 2. (a) The magnetic field dependence of chiral phonons and magnons in Fe [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. FIG. 4. Observation of chiral phononic domains. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_4.png] view at source ↗

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