Dynamical Axion Field in Topological Magnetic Insulators

Details Dynamical Axion Field in Topological Magnetic Insulators Dynamical Axion Field in Topological Magnetic Insulators

2009-08-11

arxiv.org/abs/0908.1537v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Other Condensed Matter

5 pages, 3 figures

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Axions are very light, very weakly interacting particles postulated more than 30 years ago in the context of the Standard Model of particle physics. Their existence could explain the missing dark matter of the universe. However, despite intensive searches, they have yet to be detected. In this work, we show that magnetic fluctuations of topological insulators couple to the electromagnetic fields exactly like the axions, and propose several experiments to detect this dynamical axion field. In particular, we show that the axion coupling enables a nonlinear modulation of the electromagnetic field, leading to attenuated total reflection. We propose a novel optical modulators device based on this principle.

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