Quantized Acoustoelectric Floquet Effect in Quantum Nanowires

External coherent fields can drive quantum materials into nonequilibrium states, revealing exotic properties that are unattainable under equilibrium conditions-an approach known as "Floquet engineering." While optical lasers have commonly been used as the driving fields, recent advancements have introduced nontraditional sources, such as coherent phonon drives. Building on this progress, we demonstrate that driving a metallic quantum nanowire with a coherent wave of terahertz phonons can induce an electronic steady state characterized by a persistent quantized current along the wire. The quantization of the current is achieved due to the coupling of electrons to the nanowire's vibrational modes, providing the low-temperature heat bath and energy relaxation mechanisms. Our findings underscore the potential of using nonoptical drives, such as coherent phonon sources, to induce nonequilibrium phenomena in materials. Furthermore, our approach suggests a new method for the high-precision detection of coherent phonon oscillations via transport measurements.

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Physical Review Letters
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2024-11-26
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https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.133.226301
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Mechanical and Optical Resonators
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Quantized Acoustoelectric Floquet Effect in Quantum Nanowires

Gil Refael, Christopher Yang, Iliya Esin, Will Hunt
Physical Review Letters
Mechanical and Optical Resonators
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Quantized Acoustoelectric Floquet Effect in Quantum Nanowires

Gil Refael, Christopher Yang, Iliya Esin, Will Hunt
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Abstract

External coherent fields can drive quantum materials into nonequilibrium states, revealing exotic properties that are unattainable under equilibrium conditions-an approach known as "Floquet engineering." While optical lasers have commonly been used as the driving fields, recent advancements have introduced nontraditional sources, such as coherent phonon drives. Building on this progress, we demonstrate that driving a metallic quantum nanowire with a coherent wave of terahertz phonons can induce an electronic steady state characterized by a persistent quantized current along the wire. The quantization of the current is achieved due to the coupling of electrons to the nanowire's vibrational modes, providing the low-temperature heat bath and energy relaxation mechanisms. Our findings underscore the potential of using nonoptical drives, such as coherent phonon sources, to induce nonequilibrium phenomena in materials. Furthermore, our approach suggests a new method for the high-precision detection of coherent phonon oscillations via transport measurements.

Physical Review LettersVol. 133(22)
California Institute of Technology (US), Bar-Ilan University (IL), University of Cambridge (GB)
National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, Simons Foundation, Aspen Center for Physics, Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative, Army Research Office
Affordable and clean energy
Openalex Percentile: Top 80%
Mechanical and Optical Resonators
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