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The origin of the phonon thermal Hall effect in insulators is a matter of ongoing debate. The large amplitude of the signal in an elemental non-magnetic solid, such as black phosphorus (BP), calls for a minimal mechanism not invoking the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-05-09 Xiaokang Li , Xiaodong Guo , Zengwei Zhu , Kamran Behnia

The underlying mechanism of the thermal Hall effect (THE) generated by phonons in a variety of insulators is yet to be identified. Here, we report on a sizeable thermal Hall conductivity in NiPS$_3$, a van der Waals stack of honeycomb…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-10-02 Qingkai Meng , Xiaokang Li , Jie Liu , Lingxiao Zhao , Chao Dong , Zengwei Zhu , Liang Li , Kamran Behnia

We present the experimental observation of a drastically enhanced thermal Hall effect in the topological insulator material TlBi$_{0.15}$Sb$_{0.85}$Te$_2$. Although heat transport is dominated by phonons, moderate magnetic fields generate a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-02-06 Rohit Sharma , Yongjian Wang , Yoichi Ando , Achim Rosch , Thomas Lorenz

In a growing list of insulators, experiments find that magnetic field induces a misalignment between the heat flux and the thermal gradient vectors. This phenomenon, known as the phonon thermal Hall effect, implies energy flow without…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-01 Kamran Behnia

The phonon thermal Hall effect (THE) is a ubiquitous yet poorly understood phenomenon in insulators. Its microscopic origin remains debated, partly due to significant sample-dependent variations that hint at uncontrolled experimental…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-11-13 Qiaochao Xiang , Xiaokang Li , Xiaodong Guo , Kamran Behnia , Zengwei Zhu

The amplitude of the Hall response of electrons can be understood without invoking interactions. Most theories of the phonon thermal Hall effect have likewise opted for a non-interacting picture. Here, we challenge this approach. Our study…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-07 Xiaodong Guo , Xiaokang Li , Alaska Subedi , Zengwei Zhu , Kamran Behnia

Phonons are known to generate a thermal Hall effect in certain insulators, including oxides with rare-earth impurities, quantum paraelectrics, multiferroic materials and cuprate Mott insulators. In each case, a special feature of the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-09-01 Lu Chen , Marie-Eve Boulanger , Zhi-Cheng Wang , Fazel Tafti , Louis Taillefer

To date, the intrinsic thermal conductivity tensor of bulk black phosphorus (BP), an important 2D material, is still unknown, since recent studies focus on BP flakes not on bulk BP. Here we report the anisotropic thermal conductivity tensor…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-11-22 Bo Sun , Xiaokun Gu , Qingsheng Zeng , Xi Huang , Yuexiang Yan , Zheng Liu , Ronggui Yang , Yee Kan Koh

A mechanism for phonon Hall effect (PHE) in non-magnetic insulators under an external magnetic field is theoretically studied. PHE is known in (para)magnetic compounds, where the magnetic moments and spin-orbit interaction play an essential…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-12-25 Takuma Saito , Kou Misaki , Hiroaki Ishizuka , Naoto Nagaosa

In the context of recent experimental observations of an unexpectedly large thermal Hall conductivity, $\kappa_H$, in insulating $\mathrm{La_2CuO_4}$ (LCO) and $\mathrm{SrTiO_3}$ (STO), we theoretically explore conditions under which…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-07-24 Jing-Yuan Chen , Steven A. Kivelson , Xiao-Qi Sun

From a systematic study of thermal and charge transport in various single crystals of compensated topological insulators we identify the evolution of a large low-temperature thermal Hall effect as a characteristic common feature. In order…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-03-14 Rohit Sharma , Mahasweta Bagchi , Yongjian Wang , Yoichi Ando , Thomas Lorenz

It has become common knowledge that phonons can generate thermal Hall effect in a wide variety of materials, although the underlying mechanism is still controversial. We study longitudinal $\kappa_{xx}$ and transverse $\kappa_{xy}$ thermal…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-08-09 Taiki Uehara , Takumi Ohtsuki , Masafumi Udagawa , Satoru Nakatsuji , Yo Machida

We propose and demonstrate a quantitative noncontact measurement method for the thermal Hall effect (THE) based on magnetic-field-modulated lock-in thermography. This method enables visualization of THE-induced temperature change and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-02-10 Takumi Imamura , Takamasa Hirai , Koichi Oyanagi , Ryo Iguchi , Kenta Takamori , Satoru Kobayashi , Ken-ichi Uchida

It has been known for more than a decade that phonons can produce an off-diagonal thermal conductivity in presence of magnetic field. Recent studies of thermal Hall conductivity, $\kappa_{xy}$, in a variety of contexts, however, have…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-03-11 Xiaokang Li , Benoît Fauqué , Zengwei Zhu , Kamran Behnia

The thermal Hall effect, which arises when heat flows transverse to an applied thermal gradient, has become an important observable in the study of quantum materials. Recent experiments found a large thermal Hall conductivity $\kappa_{xy}$…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-02-06 Liuke Lyu , William Witczak-Krempa

It has been known for decades that a magnetic field can deflect phonons as they flow in response to a thermal gradient, producing a thermal Hall effect. Several recent experiments have revealed ratios of the phonon Hall conductivity to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-06-15 B. Flebus , A. H. MacDonald

We study phonon Hall effect (PHE) for ionic crystals in the presence of static magnetic field. Using Green-Kubo formula, we present an exact calculation of thermal conductivity tensor by considering both positive and negative frequency…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Bijay K. Agarwalla , Lifa Zhang , Jian-Sheng Wang , Baowen Li

Thermal transport acts as a powerful tool for studying the excitations and physical properties of insulators, where a charge gap suppresses electronic conduction. Recently, the thermal Hall effect has been observed across various materials,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-31 Taekoo Oh

In a growing number of materials, phonons have been found to generate a thermal Hall effect, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Inspired by previous studies that revealed the importance of Tb$^{3+}$ ions in generating the thermal…

Thermal Hall effect (THE) in insulator is a remarkable phenomenon that arises from the motion of chargeless quasi-particles under a magnetic field. While magnons or exotic spin excitations were considered as the origin of THE in some…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-05-03 Xiaobo Jin , Xu Zhang , Wenbo Wan , Hanru Wang , Yihan Jiao , Shiyan Li
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