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Finite-q photon-drag shift current in two-dimensional massive chiral Dirac fermions

Rofii and Eddwi Hesky Hasdeo

Phys. Rev. B - Accepted 13 October, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/95wm-m7xd

Abstract

We investigate the photon-drag shift current in an isotropic single-valley two-dimensional massive chiral Dirac model with chirality index J by directly evaluating the full finite-q non-vertical response beyond the perturbative small-q regime. % Our central result is that chirality qualitatively reorganizes the sign topology of the finite-q photocurrent j⃗(q⃗). % For J=1, the photocurrent remains broadly positive, whereas higher-chirality sectors (J≥2) generically develop internal zero-current contours and sign reversals within the kinematically allowed region. % We further show that the photocurrent is symmetry-constrained to be purely transverse, 𝐣(𝐪)∝𝐳̂×𝐪, and vanishes in the strictly vertical-transition limit q=0 in centrosymmetric systems. % Pauli blocking further shapes the response by selecting the active portion of the resonance contour, while its extinction at large () or (q) follows from a simple kinematic cutoff. % These results establish the isotropic massive chiral Dirac problem as a symmetry-controlled benchmark for chirality-dependent finite-q shift currents.

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