Giant optical nonlinearity of graphene in a strong magnetic field
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2015-05-30 v3
Abstract
We present quantum-mechanical density-matrix formalism for calculating the nonlinear optical response of magnetized graphene, valid for arbitrarily strong magnetic and optical fields. We show that magnetized graphene possesses by far the highest third-order optical nonlinearity among all known materials. The giant nonlinearity originates from unique electronic properties and selection rules near the Dirac point. As a result, even one monolayer of graphene gives rise to appreciable nonlinear frequency conversion efficiency for incident infrared radiation.
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@article{arxiv.1110.4869,
title = {Giant optical nonlinearity of graphene in a strong magnetic field},
author = {Xianghan Yao and Alexey Belyanin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.4869},
year = {2015}
}
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4pages, 2 figures