Topological Magnon Insulator with a Kekule Bond Modulation

TL;DR

This paper investigates how Kekule bond modulation and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions induce various topological phases in a 2D ferromagnetic honeycomb lattice, revealing multiple topological magnon insulators and edge states.

Contribution

It identifies four topological phases driven by Kekule coupling and DMI, and analyzes bulk-edge correspondence and edge states in the system.

Findings

Four topological phases identified based on parameters.

Presence of Tamm-like edge states along boundaries.

Implications for magnon transport in 2D magnets.

Abstract

We examine the combined effects of a Kekule coupling texture (KC) and a Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) in a two-dimensional ferromagnetic honeycomb lattice. By analyzing the gap closing conditions and the inversions of the bulk bands, we identify the parameter range in which the system behaves as a trivial or a nontrivial topological magnon insulator. We find four topological phases in terms of the KC parameter and the DMI strength. We present the bulk-edge correspondence for the magnons in a honeycomb lattice with an armchair or a zigzag boundary. Furthermore, we find Tamm-like edge states due to the intrinsic on-site interactions along the boundary sites. Our results may have significant implications to magnon transport properties in the 2D magnets at low temperatures.