Polarization-sensitive absorption of THz radiation by interacting electrons in chirally stacked multilayer graphene

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 14, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Trushin, Maxim ^a   Schliemann, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROKEN SYMMETRY; CHERN NUMBERS; CIRCULAR POLARIZED; HALL CONDUCTIVITY; HARTREE-FOCK APPROACH; HELICITIES; INTERACTING ELECTRONS; INTERBAND; MOMENTUM SPACES; PSEUDOSPIN; SELECTION RULES; SEMI-ANALYTICAL; THZ RADIATION; ZERO FIELDS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRON-ELECTRON INTERACTIONS; GRAPHENE;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 84866321752     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/14/9/095005     Document Type: Article

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