Enhanced infrared magneto-optical response of the nonmagnetic semiconductor BiTel driven by bulk Rashba splitting

  • We study the magneto-optical (MO) response of the polar semiconductor BiTeI with giant bulk Rashba spin splitting at various carrier densities. Despite being nonmagnetic, the material is found to yield a huge MO activity in the infrared region under moderate magnetic fields (up to 3  T). Our first-principles calculations show that the enhanced MO response of BiTeI comes mainly from the intraband transitions between the Rashba-split bulk conduction bands. These transitions connecting electronic states with opposite spin directions become active due to the presence of strong spin-orbit interaction and give rise to distinct features in the MO spectra with a systematic doping dependence. We predict an even more pronounced enhancement in the low-energy MO response and dc Hall effect near the crossing (Dirac) point of the conduction bands.

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Author:L. Demkó, G. A. H. Schober, V. Kocsis, M. S. Bahramy, H. Murakawa, J. S. Lee, István KézsmárkiORCiDGND, R. Arita, N. Nagaosa, Y. Tokura
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:384-opus4-437040
Frontdoor URLhttps://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/43704
ISSN:0031-9007OPAC
ISSN:1079-7114OPAC
Parent Title (English):Physical Review Letters
Publisher:American Physical Society (APS)
Type:Article
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2012
Publishing Institution:Universität Augsburg
Release Date:2018/11/19
Volume:109
Issue:16
First Page:167401
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.109.167401
Institutes:Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät
Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät / Institut für Physik
Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät / Institut für Physik / Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik V
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 530 Physik
Licence (German):Deutsches Urheberrecht