Anomalous increasing super reflectance in chiral matter

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Main Authors: Silva, Pedro D. S., Costa, Alex Q., Pereira, Ronald A., Ferreira Jr, Manoel M.
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Published: 2025
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author Silva, Pedro D. S.
Costa, Alex Q.
Pereira, Ronald A.
Ferreira Jr, Manoel M.
author_facet Silva, Pedro D. S.
Costa, Alex Q.
Pereira, Ronald A.
Ferreira Jr, Manoel M.
contents Magnetic and anomalous Hall conductivities induce anomalous transport features and novel optical phenomena in chiral systems. Here, we investigate reflection properties on the surface of a medium ruled by axion electrodynamics, which effectively describes optical aspects of Weyl semimetals. We show that these chiral media can manifest anomalous reflectance (R greater than unity) for some frequency windows, depending on the signs of the two involved conductivities. Such a reflectance can increase with the frequency, being always greater than 1 in certain frequency bands. We also examine the complex Kerr angles at normal incidence on the chiral medium. Giant Kerr angle is observed within the absorption window, while the Kerr ellipticity may be used to determine the relative sign of the magnetic conductivity.
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spellingShingle Anomalous increasing super reflectance in chiral matter
Silva, Pedro D. S.
Costa, Alex Q.
Pereira, Ronald A.
Ferreira Jr, Manoel M.
Other Condensed Matter
High Energy Physics - Theory
Optics
Magnetic and anomalous Hall conductivities induce anomalous transport features and novel optical phenomena in chiral systems. Here, we investigate reflection properties on the surface of a medium ruled by axion electrodynamics, which effectively describes optical aspects of Weyl semimetals. We show that these chiral media can manifest anomalous reflectance (R greater than unity) for some frequency windows, depending on the signs of the two involved conductivities. Such a reflectance can increase with the frequency, being always greater than 1 in certain frequency bands. We also examine the complex Kerr angles at normal incidence on the chiral medium. Giant Kerr angle is observed within the absorption window, while the Kerr ellipticity may be used to determine the relative sign of the magnetic conductivity.
title Anomalous increasing super reflectance in chiral matter
topic Other Condensed Matter
High Energy Physics - Theory
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.18056