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We report on the observation of edge electric currents excited in bi-layer graphene by terahertz laser radiation. We show that the current generation belongs to the class of second order in electric field phenomena and is controlled by the…

We consider the nonlinear response of a disordered two-dimensional electronic system, lacking inversion symmetry, to an external alternating electric field. The application of an in-plane static magnetic field induces local contributions to…

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We consider the corrugated monolayer graphene membrane electromagnetic (from both valleys) response in terahertz range. We study the generated in irradiated graphene total current for the first time taking into account both the synthetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-02-14 Yu. A. Firsov , N. E. Firsova

Circular photogalvanic currents are a promising new approach for spin-optoelectronics. To date, such currents have only been induced in topological insulator flakes or extended films. It is not clear whether they can be generated in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-05-08 N. Meyer , K. Geishendorf , J. Walowski , A. Thomas , M. Münzenberg

Halide perovskites are perceived to be the promising class of materials for optoelectronics, spinorbitronics and topological electronics due to presence of strong spin-orbit coupling and polarized field. Here, we develop a Hamiltonian using…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-02-02 Mayank Gupta , B. R. K. Nanda

Producing currents predominantly from a single valley, namely valley-polarized currents, at optical-cycle timescales is an important aspect of the petahertz valleytronics, yet it remains less developed. This work exhibits the feasibility of…

Optics · Physics 2025-03-13 Wenqing Li , Xiaosong Zhu , Liang Li , Wanzhu He , Jie Long , Pengfei Lan , Peixiang Lu

Graphene as well as more generally Dirac solids constitute two dimensional materials where the electronic flow is ultra relativistic. When a Dirac solid is deposited on a different substrate surface with roughness, a local random potential…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-01 Marios Mattheakis , G. P. Tsironis , Efthimios Kaxiras

The theory of spin orientation of two-dimensional (2D) electron gas has been developed for intrasubband indirect optical transitions. The monopolar optical orientation of electrons in the conduction band is caused by the indirect scattering…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. A. Tarasenko , E. L. Ivchenko

Spin-orbit coupled (SOC) light fields with spatially inhomogeneous polarization have attracted increasing research interest within the optical community. In particular, owing to their spin-dependent phase and spatial structures, many…

Optics · Physics 2019-02-21 Hai-Jun Wu , Zhi-Yuan Zhou , Wei Gao , Bao-Sen Shi , Zhi-Han Zhu

We demonstrate theoretically that the interaction of electrons in gapped Dirac materials (gapped graphene and transition-metal dichalchogenide monolayers) with a strong off-resonant electromagnetic field (dressing field) substantially…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-03-02 O. V. Kibis , K. Dini , I. V. Iorsh , I. A. Shelykh

We create hybrid topological-photonic localisation of light by introducing concepts from the field of topological matter to that of photonic crystal fiber arrays. S-polarized obliquely propagating electromagnetic waves are guided by…

Altermagnets have recently emerged as a new platform for spintronics applications, offering spin-split electronic bands despite vanishing net magnetization. Here, we investigate spin-current generation in Dirac altermagnets and identify…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-25 Tomas T. Osterholt , Lumen Eek , Cristiane Morais Smith , Rembert A. Duine

The understanding of density waves is a vital component of our insight into electronic quantum matters. Here, we propose an additional mosaic to the existing mechanisms such as Fermi-surface nesting, electron-phonon coupling, and exciton…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-06-22 Tianlun Zhao , Yi Zhang

Kerr-type nonlinearities form the basis for our physical understanding of nonlinear optical phenomena in condensed matter, such as self-focusing, solitary waves, and wave mixing. In strong fields, they are complemented by higher-order…

Silicene has introduced itself as an outstanding novel material, which seeks its meritorious place among common spintronic devices like Cu and Ag. In this work, photogalvanic effect in silicene is studied within the semi-classical approach…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-06-23 Neda Shahabi , Arash Phirouznia

Charge-to-spin conversion in various material systems is the key for the fundamental understanding of spin-orbitronis as well as the development of efficient means to manipulate the magnetization. We report the direct spatial imaging of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-04 Yang Liu , Jean Besbas , Yi Wang , Pan He , Mengji Chen , Dapeng Zhu , Yang Wu , Jong Min Lee , Lan Wang , Jisoo Moon , Nikesh Koirala , Seongshik Oh , Hyunsoo Yang

Heat generated by spin currents in spintronics-based devices is typically much less than that generated by charge current flows in conventional electronic devices. However, the conventional approaches for excitation of spin currents based…

The electron's charge and spin degrees of freedom are at the core of modern electronic devices. With the in-depth investigation of two-dimensional materials, another degree of freedom, valley, has also attracted tremendous research…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-09-06 Ping Li , Bang Liu , Wei-Xi Zhang , Zhi-Xin Guo

Harnessing the unique features of topological materials for the development of a new generation of topological based devices is a challenge of paramount importance. Using Floquet scattering theory combined with atomistic models we study the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-04-21 Matías Berdakin , Esteban A. Rodríguez-Mena , L. E. F. Foa Torres

The effect of a constant electric field on two-photon absorption in a semiconductor is calculated using an independent-particle theory. The theoretical framework is an extension of a theory of the one-photon Franz-Keldysh effect [Wahlstrand…

Optics · Physics 2026-02-13 J. K. Wahlstrand , J. E. Sipe
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