The Effect of Magnetic Field on Optical Conductivity of Hexagonal Boron-Nitride Sheet

Abstract

The main purpose of this work is to investigate the effect of external magnetic field on the optical absorption of single-layer hexagonal boron nitride. The optical absorption of the system can be found by calculating the imaginary part of the dielectric function. The optical absorption is proportional to from the real part of the dynamical electrical conductivity function. Based on linear response theory, dynamical conductivity function can be calculated in terms of the current-current correlation function. In this study, the tight-binding model Hamiltonian has been applied to study the electronic band spectrum of the system. Also, the energy spectrum of electrons is calculated in the presence of a magnetic field along perpendicular to the plane. The Green’s function approach has been explored to obtain current-current correlation function and optical conductivity. The results show applying magnetic field has significant effects on dependence of optical absorption of boron nitride system on photon frequency and temperature.