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Lopez, Alexander ; Sun, Z. Z. ; Schliemann, John

Floquet spin states in graphene under ac driven spin-orbit interaction

Lopez, Alexander, Sun, Z. Z. und Schliemann, John (2012) Floquet spin states in graphene under ac driven spin-orbit interaction. Phys. Rev. B 85, S. 205428.

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DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments: 10.5283/epub.24359

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We study the role of periodically driven time-dependent Rashba spin-orbit coupling (RSOC) on a monolayer graphene sample. After recasting the originally $4\times 4$ system of dynamical equations as two time-reversal related two-level problems, the quasi-energy spectrum and the related dynamics are investigated via various techniques and approximations. In the static case the system is a gapped at ...

We study the role of periodically driven time-dependent Rashba spin-orbit coupling (RSOC) on a monolayer graphene sample. After recasting the originally $4\times 4$ system of dynamical equations as two time-reversal related two-level problems, the quasi-energy spectrum and the related dynamics are investigated via various techniques and approximations. In the static case the system is a gapped at the Dirac point. The rotating wave approximation (RWA) applied to the driven system unphysically preserves this feature, while the Magnus-Floquet approach as well as a numerically exact evaluation of the Floquet equation show that this gap is dynamically closed. In addition, a sizable oscillating pattern of the out-of-plane spin polarization is found in the driven case for states which completely unpolarized in the static limit. Evaluation of the autocorrelation function shows that the original uniform interference pattern corresponding to time-independent RSOC gets distorted. The resulting structure can be qualitatively explained as a consequence of the transitions induced by the ac driving among the static eigenstates, i.e., these transitions modulate the relative phases that add up to give the quantum revivals of the autocorrelation function. Contrary to the static case, in the driven scenario, quantum revivals (suppresions) are correlated to spin up (down) phases.



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DokumentenartArtikel
Titel eines Journals oder einer ZeitschriftPhys. Rev. B
Verlag:American Physical Society
Band:85
Seitenbereich:S. 205428
Datum15 Mai 2012
InstitutionenPhysik > Institut für Theoretische Physik > Lehrstuhl Professor Grifoni > Arbeitsgruppe John Schliemann
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10.1103/PhysRevB.85.205428DOI
Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik
StatusVeröffentlicht
BegutachtetJa, diese Version wurde begutachtet
An der Universität Regensburg entstandenJa
URN der UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-243595
Dokumenten-ID24359

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