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We consider the interaction of two weak probe fields of light with an atomic ensemble coherently driven by two pairs of standing wave laser fields in a tripod-type linkage scheme. The system is shown to exhibit a Dirac-like spectrum for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-17 R. G. Unanyan , J. Otterbach , M. Fleischhauer , J. Ruseckas , V. Kudriasov , G. Juzeliunas

The work of our group on reproducing scenarios of high energy theoretical physics on Dirac materials, like graphene, is illustrated. The main goal of this paper is to explain how versatile these systems are, and how far and wide into the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-05-26 Alfredo Iorio

A hybrid structure combining the advantages of topological insulator (TI), dielectric ferromagnet (FM), and graphene is investigated to realize the electrically controlled correlation between electronic and magnetic subsystems for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-07-11 Xiaopeng Duan , Yuriy G. Semenov , Ki Wook Kim

We use Boltzmann theory to study the semi-classical dynamics of electrons in a two-dimensional (2D) tilted Dirac material in which the tilt varies in space. The spatial variation of the tilt parameter induces a non-trivial spacetime…

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Topological Dirac semimetals (TDSs) represent a new state of quantum matter recently discovered that offers a platform for realizing many exotic physical phenomena. A TDS is characterized by the linear touching of bulk (conduction and…

Electric field control of electron charge and spin degrees of freedom is fundamental to modern semiconductor and spintronic devices. Yet controlling electromagnetic waves with an electric field, particularly in the terahertz (THz) band,…

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Layered two-dimensional (2D) materials have revolutionized how we approach light-matter interactions, offering unprecedented optical and electronic properties with the potential for vertical heterostructures and manipulation of spin-valley…

We report on a detailed study of the terahertz (THz) photoresistivity in a strained HgTe three-dimensional topological insulator (3D TI) for all Fermi level positions: inside the conduction and valence bands, and in the bulk gap. In the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-24 M. L. Savchenko , M. Otteneder , I. A. Dmitriev , N. N. Mikhailov , Z. D. Kvon , S. D. Ganichev

Two-dimensional (2D) massive Dirac electrons possess a finite Berry curvature, with Chern number $\pm 1/2$, that entails both a quantized dc Hall response and a subgap full-quarter Kerr rotation. The observation of these effects in 2D…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-13 G. Catarina , N. M. R. Peres , J. Fernández-Rossier

In a Dirac semimetal, the conduction and valence bands contact only at discrete (Dirac) points in the Brillouin zone (BZ) and disperse linearly in all directions around these critical points. Including spin, the low energy effective theory…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-04-17 S. M. Young , S. Zaheer , J. C. Y. Teo , C. L. Kane , E. J. Mele , A. M. Rappe

The superconducting proximity effect on two-dimensional massless Dirac electrons is usually analyzed using a simple model consisting of the Dirac Hamiltonian and an energy-independent pair potential. Although this conventional model is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Yositake Takane , Ryo Ando

Femtosecond laser-induced photoexcitation of ferromagnet (FM)/heavy metal (HM) heterostructures have attracted attention by emitting broadband terahertz frequencies. The phenomenon relies on the formation of ultrafast spin current, which is…

Artificial magnetic field in electromagnetism is becoming an emerging way as a robust control of light based on its geometric and topological nature. Other than demonstrating topological photonics properties in the diffractive regime using…

Optics · Physics 2021-08-20 Fu Liu , Tao Xu , Saisai Wang , Zhi Hong Hang , Jensen Li

We discuss dynamic spin susceptibility (DSS) in two-dimensional (2D) Dirac electrons with spin-orbit interactions to characterize topological insulators. The imaginary part of the DSS appears as an absorption rate in response to a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-08-31 Masaaki Nakamura , Akiyuki Tokuno

The advent of ultrafast science with pulsed electron beams raised the need in controlling the temporal features of the electron pulses. One promising suggestion is the nano-selective quantum optics with multi-electrons, which scales…

Optics · Physics 2023-08-07 Yarden Mazor , Ofer Kfir

We develop the theoretical framework of nonequilibrium ultrafast photonics in monolayer quantum spin-Hall insulators supporting a multitude of topological states. In these materials, ubiquitous strong light-matter interactions in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-07-29 Rajesh K. Malla , Dasol Kim , Dong Eon Kim , Alexis Chacón , Wilton J. M. Kort-Kamp

We show that opacity of a clean multilayer graphene flake depends on the helicity of the circular polarized electromagnetic radiation. The effect can be understood in terms of the pseudospin selection rules for the interband optical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-20 Maxim Trushin , John Schliemann

We report on mutual proximity effects in d-wave superconductor/half-metal heterostructures which correspond to systems composed of high-Tc cuprates and manganite materials. In our study, proximity effects are induced by the interplay of two…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 Nobukatsu Yoshida , Mikael Fogelstrom

Terahertz radiation pulses can be generated efficiently through femtosecond laser excitation of a ferromagnetic/nonmagnetic heterostructure, wherein an ultrafast laser-induced spin current results in an electromagnetic THz pulse due to…