Sinha, Priyanka2022-05-192023-10-262022-05-192023-10-262022ROLL NO.166121018http://172.17.1.107:4000/handle/123456789/2022Supervisor: Saurabh BasuIn this thesis, our work addresses the outcomes of the transport measurements in the presence of spin orbit couplings and an external magnetic field in a two dimensional (2D) semi Dirac system. Semi Dirac systems are characterized by a parabolic band dispersion along one direction in the Brillouin zone, and linear along the other direction. All the while, we hav e compared our results with those for the Dirac materials, a well known example being graphene. Our results have exciting prospects for engineering tunable transport properties for 2D materials in the presence of spin orbit couplings and magnetic field. Th us, our work mainly focuses on two novel phenomena, that is, the quantum spin Hall effect and the quantum Hall effect in a semi Dirac system. To begin with, in the presence of spin orbit coupling, we essentially study the quantum transport properties of a 2D semi Dirac system modeled by a Kane Mele Hamiltonian. We have systematically explored the relative strengths of the intrinsic (Haldane type, but with different fluxes for different spin degrees of freedom) and Rashba spin orbit couplings on the edge states of a nanoribbon both analytically and numerically, and its band structures. Further, we have numerically studied the transport properties, such as the charge conductance, local density of states, etc via Landauer Büttiker approach. We have observed significant deviations in the transport properties owing to the anisotropic band dispersion of the semi Dirac system as compared to the results known for Dirac materials. In the next part, we have introduced a uniform magnetic field perpendicular to the plane of the system and hence explored its effects on the transport characteristics using Kubo formula. We looked into the features of the density of states, properties of the Landau levels, Hofstadter butterfly spectrum, and as well as the magneto transport properties, such as the longitudinal and the transverse (Hall) conductivities. In addition, we have also explored the magneto optical properties as a function of the incident photon energies in the near ultraviolet visible regime and studied the effects of electron filling, circular polarization, Faraday rotation, etc.enPHYSICSThesis