Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2011-03-25
Phys. Rev. B 84, 045403 (2011)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
12 pages and 9 figures. Revised version, accepted in Phys. Rev. B
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.84.045403
We present a theoretical study of interacting electron-hole pairs located on a magnetized surface of a strong topological insulator (TI). The excitonic energy levels and the optical absorption on such surface display unique and potentially measurable features such as (i) an enhanced binding energy for excitons whose total angular momentum is aligned with the magnetic exchange field, (ii) a stark dependence of the optical absorption on the direction of the magnetic exchange field as well as on the chirality of the incident light, and (iii) a tunable center-of-mass motion of spinful excitons induced by particle-hole asymmetry in the exchange field. Our predictions are relevant to surfaces of magnetically doped TIs or surfaces coated with magnetic films, in addition to TI nanowires placed under longitudinal magnetic fields.
Franz Marcel
Garate Ion
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