arXiv · 0801.0640
Theory of AC Anomalous Hall Conductivity in d-electron systems
Abstract
To elucidate the intrinsic nature of anomalous Hall effect (AHE) in $d$-electron systems, we study the AC anomalous Hall conductivity (AHC) in a tight-binding model with ($d_{xz},d_{yz}$)-orbitals. We drive a general expression for the AC AHC $σ_{xy}(ω)$, which is valid for finite quasiparticle damping rate $γ$=$\hbar/2τ$, and find that the AC AHC is strongly dependent on $γ$. When $γ=+0$, the AC AHC shows a spiky peak at finite energy $Δ$ that originates from the interband particle-hole excitation, where $Δ$ represents the minimum band-splitting measured from the Fermi level. In contrast, we find that this spiky peak is quickly suppressed when $γ$ is finite. By using a realistic value of $γ(ω)$ at $ω=Δ/2$ in $d$-electron systems, the spiky peak is considerably suppressed. In the present model, the obtained results also represents the AC spin Hall conductivity in a paramagnetic state.
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Takuro Tanaka, Hiroshi Kontani. 2008-10-27. Theory of AC Anomalous Hall Conductivity in d-electron systems. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.77.195129
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