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Main Authors: Ghosh, Bristi, Bandopadhyay, Malay, Singh, Ashutosh
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.21767
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author Ghosh, Bristi
Bandopadhyay, Malay
Singh, Ashutosh
author_facet Ghosh, Bristi
Bandopadhyay, Malay
Singh, Ashutosh
contents Low-energy Fermions in semi-Dirac systems depict linear momentum dispersion along one direction while having the features of parabolic dispersion in the other direction. Equilibrium optical responses of such highly anisotropic dispersion are manifested in direction-dependent optical conductivity tensor. Going beyond the equilibrium framework, here we probe the effects of optical pumping-led non-equilibrium carrier distribution on this system's transmission and polarization rotation. Within the equation of motion approach for a two-band density matrix, we obtain a quasi-steady state solution for a continuous wave (CW) illumination, in which the population of the two bands is characterized by non-thermal occupancy factors with a strong dependence on the amplitude, polarization, and the frequency of the pump field. We demonstrate that tuning the pump field parameters significantly modifies the optical conductivity tensor for the probe field, which can have important practical consequences such as selective transmission and tunable hyperbolicity.
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spellingShingle Optical pumping controls anisotropic response in semi-Dirac system
Ghosh, Bristi
Bandopadhyay, Malay
Singh, Ashutosh
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Low-energy Fermions in semi-Dirac systems depict linear momentum dispersion along one direction while having the features of parabolic dispersion in the other direction. Equilibrium optical responses of such highly anisotropic dispersion are manifested in direction-dependent optical conductivity tensor. Going beyond the equilibrium framework, here we probe the effects of optical pumping-led non-equilibrium carrier distribution on this system's transmission and polarization rotation. Within the equation of motion approach for a two-band density matrix, we obtain a quasi-steady state solution for a continuous wave (CW) illumination, in which the population of the two bands is characterized by non-thermal occupancy factors with a strong dependence on the amplitude, polarization, and the frequency of the pump field. We demonstrate that tuning the pump field parameters significantly modifies the optical conductivity tensor for the probe field, which can have important practical consequences such as selective transmission and tunable hyperbolicity.
title Optical pumping controls anisotropic response in semi-Dirac system
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.21767