A monolayer graphene and its Dirac electrons can be equipped with an enhanced spin-orbit coupling (SOC) when proximitized by other van der Waals (vdW) materials, such as transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). In this work we analyze the features of the cyclotron resonance (CR) absorption at quantizing magnetic fields emerging in the presence of proximity-induced spin interactions, including the spin-pseudospin Rashba coupling. We evaluate the spin-textured wave functions of the Landau levels and calculate the absorption spectrum paying special attention to its spin proximity induced modifications. We reveal the formation of a fine double-peak structure of the main interband CR transitions, as well as the presence of additional spin-flip absorption, the combined cyclotron resonance (CCR), centered at different resonant frequencies. The selection rules for CCRs are identified and complemented by the perturbation theory analysis. We also discuss the polarization dependence of the absorption and the proximity-induced emerging magneto-optical responses. Our theory explains the effect of proximity-induced spin interactions for Dirac electrons cyclotron resonance and points out at its experimental verifications.

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• Landau levels
• Magneto-optical Kerr effect
• Optical generation of spin carriers
• Rashba coupling
• Graphene
• Transition metal dichalcogenides
• Cyclotron resonance