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Phonon pseudoangular momentum in $\alpha$-MoO$_3$

Materials Science 2024-04-01 v2 Computational Physics Optics

Abstract

In recent studies, it has been discovered that phonons can carry angular momentum, leading to a series of investigations into systems with 3-fold rotation symmetry. However, for systems with 2-fold screw rotational symmetry, such as α\alpha-MoO3_3, there has been no relevant discussion. In this paper, we investigated the pseudoangular momentum of phonons in crystals with 2-fold screw rotational symmetry. Taking α\alpha-MoO3_3 as an example, we explain the selection rules in circularly polarized Raman experiments resulting from pseudoangular momentum conservation, providing important guidance for experiments. This study of pseudoangular momentum in α\alpha-MoO3_3 opens up a new degree of freedom for its potential applications, expanding into new application domains.

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@article{arxiv.2403.07729,
  title  = {Phonon pseudoangular momentum in $\alpha$-MoO$_3$},
  author = {Meiqi Li and Zhibing Li and Huanjun Chen and Weiliang Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.07729},
  year   = {2024}
}

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12 pages,2 figures

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