Polar Kerr Effect and Time Reversal Symmetry Breaking in Bilayer Graphene

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2011-05-25

arxiv.org/abs/1105.5142v2

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 097402 (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

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Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.097402

The unique sensitivity of optical response to different types of symmetry breaking can be used to detect and identify spontaneously ordered many-body states in bilayer graphene. We predict a strong response at optical frequencies, sensitive to electronic phenomena at low energies, which arises because of nonzero inter-band matrix elements of the electric current operator. In particular, the polar Kerr rotation and reflection anisotropy provide fingerprints of the quantum anomalous Hall state and the nematic state, characterized by spontaneously broken time reversal symmetry and lattice rotation symmetry, respectively. These optical signatures, which undergo a resonant enhancement in the near-infrared regime, lie well within reach of existing experimental techniques.

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