Physics in Phonon Chirality

Speaker: 
Qian Niu
Institution: 
University of Texas, Austin
Date: 
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Time: 
11:00 am
Location: 
Zoom Seminar + RH 142
Abstract:
In this talk, I will discuss a number of basic issues associated with phonon chirality, such as the angular momentum carried by circularly polarized phonons, electronic magnetization induced by such phonons, and the creation of phonon chirality from time reversal symmetry breaking.  
 

 
Prof. Niu is a renown theoretical physicist and has made many pioneering contributions to studies of Berry phase effects, topological properties, and spin transport properties.
Host: 
Ruqian Wu