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We present a theoretical framework for nonlinear optics of graphene and other 2D materials in layered structures. We derive a key equation to find the effective electric field and the sheet current density in the 2D material for given…

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Thermal transport acts as a powerful tool for studying the excitations and physical properties of insulators, where a charge gap suppresses electronic conduction. Recently, the thermal Hall effect has been observed across various materials,…

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We present a unified theory of charge carrier transport in 2D Dirac systems with broken mirror inversion and time-reversal symmetries (e.g., as realized in ferromagnetic graphene). We find that the entanglement between spin and pseudospin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-21 Manuel Offidani , Aires Ferreira

The anomalous Hall effect is deemed to be a unique transport property of ferromagnetic metals, caused by the concerted action of spin polarization and spin-orbit coupling. Nevertheless, recent experiments have shown that the effect also…

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Reading antiferromagnetic order remains a central obstacle for antiferromagnetic memory and logic because zero net magnetisation precludes conventional magnetic readout. Domain imaging typically relies on x-ray magnetic linear dichroism…

We evaluate the optical reflectivity for a uniaxially strained graphene single layer between a SiO2 substrate and air. A tight binding model for the band dispersion of graphene is employed. As a function of the strain modulus and direction,…

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The polarization controlled optical signal routing has many important applications in photonics such as polarization beam splitter. By using two-dimensional transmission lines with lumped elements, we experimentally demonstrate the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-15 Zhiwei Guo , Haitao Jiang , Yang Long , Kun Yu , Jie Ren , Chunhua Xue , Hong Chen

The optical spin Hall effect (OSHE) is a transport phenomenon of exciton polaritons in semiconductor microcavities, caused by the polaritonic spin-orbit interaction, that leads to the formation of spin textures. In the semiconductor cavity,…

We analyze the quantum Hall effect in single layer graphene with bilayer stripe defects. Such defects are often encountered at steps in the substrate of graphene grown on silicon carbide. We show that AB or AA stacked bilayer stripes result…

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Tunable directional scattering is of paramount importance for operation of antennas, routing of light, and design of topologically protected optical states. For visible light scattered on a nanoparticle the directionality could be provided…

Optics · Physics 2019-01-23 A. V. Poshakinskiy , A. N. Poddubny

Within the tight binding approximation, we study the dependence of the electronic band structure and of the optical conductivity of a graphene single layer on the modulus and direction of applied uniaxial strain. While the Dirac cone…

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We study electron transport in a strained graphene sheet subjected to a sequence of $N$ electrostatic and magnetic barriers. Employing a modified and improved transfer-matrix framework, we examine how the transmission and reflection…

We consider an optically thick spherical agglomerate of magneto-optical scatterers with a central isotropic, unpolarized light source, placed in a homogeneous magnetic field. The Photon Hall Effect induces a rotating Poynting vector, both…

Optics · Physics 2020-09-30 Bart A. van Tiggelen , Geert L. J. A. Rikken

The effect of spin-orbit interaction on electron transport properties of a cross-junction structure is studied. It is shown that it results in spin polarization of left and right outgoing electron waves. Consequently, incoming electron wave…

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We report on the observation of the circular transversal terahertz photoconductivity in monolayer graphene supplied by a back gate. The photoconductivity response is caused by the free carrier absorption and reverses its sign upon switching…

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The conventional Hall effect is linearly proportional to the field component or magnetization component perpendicular to a film. Despite the increasing theoretical proposals on the Hall effect to the in-plane field or magnetization in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-04 Yongwei Cui , Zhaoqing Li , Haoran Chen , Yue Chen , Yunzhuo Wu , Ke Pei , Tong Wu , Nian Xie , Renchao Che , Xuepeng Qiu , Yi Liu , Zhe Yuan , Yizheng Wu

Mechanical deformations of graphene induce a term in the Dirac Hamiltonian which is reminiscent of an electromagnetic vector potential. Strain gradients along particular lattice directions induce local pseudomagnetic fields and substantial…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-22 Eran Sela , Yakov Bloch , Felix von Oppen , Moshe Ben Shalom

The optical Faraday effect describes the rotation of linear polarization upon propagation through a medium in the presence of a longitudinal magnetic field. The effect arises from a different phase delay between the right and left handed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-11-09 Colin Greenshields , Robert L. Stamps , Sonja Franke-Arnold

We theoretically investigate the manipulation of the quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) in graphene by means of the uniaxial strain. The values of Chern number and Hall conductance demonstrate that the strained graphene in presence of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-01-07 G. S. Diniz , M. R. Guassi , F. Qu

We uncover a new origin of the planar Hall effect - as an intrinsic property of layer coherent electrons - that exists even in bilayer and trilayer atomically thin limit. It reforms the existing theories requiring three-dimensional orbital…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-13 Huiyuan Zheng , Dawei Zhai , Cong Xiao , Wang Yao