R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminars |
Events During the Week of April 28th through May 5th, 2019
Monday, April 29th, 2019
- No events scheduled
Tuesday, April 30th, 2019
- No events scheduled
Wednesday, May 1st, 2019
- No events scheduled
Thursday, May 2nd, 2019
- Please note special time!
- Optical and transport properties of metals with nontrivial band geometry
- Time: 4:00 pm
- Place: 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Speaker: Dima Pesin , University of Virginia
- Abstract: I will describe how the geometry of the band structure of metals manifests itself in their optical and transport properties. I particular, I will show that the natural optical activity of metals, equivalent to the so-called dynamic chiral magnetic effect, stems from the intrinsic magnetic moments of quasiparticles, and demonstrate that these magnetic moments can be of both intrinsic and extrinsic origin. I will also discuss optical Hall response of chiral crystals in the presence of a DC transport current – the gyrotropic Hall effect – and show that it is related to the Berry curvature dipole. The latter fact makes the gyrotropic Hall effect a diagnostic tool for topological properties of three-dimensional chiral metals.
- Host: Alex Levchenko
Friday, May 3rd, 2019
- No events scheduled