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Nonlinear and anisotropic polarization rotation in two dimensional Dirac materials

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2018-05-23 v1

Abstract

We predict nonlinear optical polarization rotation in two dimensional massless Dirac systems including graphene and 8-PmmnPmmn borophene. When illuminated, a continuous wave optical field leads to a nonlinear steady state of photo-excited carriers in the medium. The photo-excited population inversion and the inter-band coherence gives rise to a finite transverse optical conductivity, σxy(ω)\sigma_{xy} (\omega). This in turn leads to definitive signatures in associated Kerr and Faraday polarization rotation, which are measurable in a realistic experimental scenario.

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@article{arxiv.1802.00282,
  title  = {Nonlinear and anisotropic polarization rotation in two dimensional Dirac materials},
  author = {Ashutosh Singh and Saikat Ghosh and Amit Agarwal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.00282},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

13 pages and 8 figures. Comments/criticism are invited

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