Inverse Chiral Phonon Zeeman Effect in Noncentrosymmetric Crystals
Materials Science
2026-01-21 v1
Abstract
We present a microscopic theory of the inverse chiral phonon Zeeman effect in noncentrosymmetric crystals. Within micropolar elasticity, coupled translational displacements and microrotations give rise to intrinsically chiral phonons, which generate an elliptically polarized internal magnetic field through dynamical piezoelectricity. In the high-frequency Floquet regime and under incomplete electronic screening, this field acts as an effective longitudinal Zeeman field on electronic spins, leading to spin polarization and band splitting. The results establish a purely lattice-driven mechanism for the inverse chiral phonon Zeeman effect in noncentrosymmetric crystals.
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@article{arxiv.2601.12763,
title = {Inverse Chiral Phonon Zeeman Effect in Noncentrosymmetric Crystals},
author = {Jun-ichiro Kishine and A. S. Ovchinnikov and Masahiro Sato and G. N. Makarov and A. D. Lyakhov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.12763},
year = {2026}
}
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6 pages, 2 figures. Supplemental Material included