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Scaling laws for nonlinear electromagnetic responses of Dirac fermions

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2016-03-23 v2

Abstract

We theoretically propose that the Dirac fermion in two-dimensions shows the giant nonlinear responses to electromagnetic fields in terahertz region. A scaling form is obtained for the current and magnetization as functions of the normalized electromagnetic fields E/EωE/E_\omega and B/BωB/B_\omega, where the characteristic electric (magnetic) field EωE_\omega (BωB_\omega) depends on the frequency ω\omega as ω2/evF\hbar\omega^2/ev_F (ω2/evF2\hbar\omega^2/ev_F^2), and is typically of the order of 80 V/cm ( 8 mT) in the terahertz region. Applications of the present theory to graphene and surface state of a topological insulator are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1510.02185,
  title  = {Scaling laws for nonlinear electromagnetic responses of Dirac fermions},
  author = {Takahiro Morimoto and Naoto Nagaosa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.02185},
  year   = {2016}
}

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9 pages, 3 figures