• 文献标题:   Harmonic generation in bent graphene with artificially enhanced spin-orbit coupling
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   NIEMINEN A, ORNIGOTTI M
  • 作者关键词:  
  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW A
  • ISSN:   2469-9926 EI 2469-9934
  • 通讯作者地址:  
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevA.106.043517
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

We theoretically investigate the nonlinear response of bent graphene in the presence of artificially enhanced spin-orbit coupling, which can occur either via adatom deposition or by placing the sheet of bent graphene in contact with a spin-orbit-active substrate. We discuss the interplay between the spin-orbit coupling and the artificial magnetic field generated by the bending for the cases of both Rashba and intrinsic spin-orbit coupling. For the latter, we introduce a spin-field interaction Hamiltonian addressing directly the electron spin as a degree of freedom. Our findings reveal that in this case, by controlling the amount of spin-orbit coupling, it is possible to significantly tune the spectrum of the nonlinear signal, achieving, in principle, efficient conversion of light from the terahertz to UV region.