Optical Conductivity of a Two-Dimensional Electron Liquid with Spin-Orbit Interaction
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The interplay of electron-electron interactions and spin-orbit coupling leads to a new contribution to the homogeneous optical conductivity of the electron liquid. The latter is known to be insensitive to many-body effects for a conventional electron system with parabolic dispersion. The parabolic spectrum has its origin in the Galilean invariance which is broken by spin-orbit coupling. This opens up a possibility for the optical conductivity to probe electron-electron interactions. We analyze the interplay of interactions and spin-orbit coupling and obtain optical conductivity beyond RPA.
5 pages, 3 figures; final version, fig. 3 added, minor changes
5 pages, 3 figures; final version, fig. 3 added, minor changes