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- The study explores how ultrathin film topological insulators respond optically when an external magnetic field is applied, factoring in hybridization of surface states and broken symmetries.
- Breaking inversion symmetry, often due to substrate interaction or electrical gating, leads to new optical transitions and Landau level crossings that were not possible before.
- By adjusting parameters related to hybridization and symmetry, researchers observe a transition to a topological insulator phase, with clear indicators in both dc and optical conductivity, which are stable even in the presence of disorder.
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We determine the optical response of ultrathin film topological insulators in the presence of a quantizing external magnetic field taking into account both hybridization between surface states, broken inversion symmetry and explicit time reversal symmetry breaking by the magnetic field. We find that breaking of inversion symmetry in the system, which can be due to interaction with a substrate or electrical gating, results in Landau level crossings and opening of additional optical transition channels that were previously forbidden. We show that by tuning the hybridization and symmetry breaking parameters, a transition from the normal to a topological insulator phase occurs with measureable signatures in both static (dc) and dynamic (optical) conductivity. Moreover, we find that these signatures in the optical Hall conductivity remain robust against a significant range of disorder strength.
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