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Karch, Johannes ; Drexler, Christoph ; Olbrich, Peter ; Fehrenbacher, M. ; Hirmer, M. ; Glazov, M. M. ; Tarasenko, Sergey ; Ivchenko, Eougenious ; Birkner, Bastian ; Eroms, Jonathan ; Weiss, Dieter ; Yakimova, R. ; Lara-Avila, S. ; Kubatkin, S. ; Ostler, M. ; Seyller, T. ; Ganichev, Sergey

Terahertz Radiation Driven Chiral Edge Currents in Graphene

Karch, Johannes, Drexler, Christoph, Olbrich, Peter, Fehrenbacher, M., Hirmer, M., Glazov, M. M. , Tarasenko, Sergey, Ivchenko, Eougenious, Birkner, Bastian, Eroms, Jonathan , Weiss, Dieter , Yakimova, R., Lara-Avila, S. , Kubatkin, S. , Ostler, M., Seyller, T. and Ganichev, Sergey (2011) Terahertz Radiation Driven Chiral Edge Currents in Graphene. Physical Review Letters (PRL) 107, p. 276601.

Date of publication of this fulltext: 28 Feb 2012 08:34
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.23507


Abstract

We observe photocurrents induced in single-layer graphene samples by illumination of the graphene edges with circularly polarized terahertz radiation at normal incidence. The photocurrent flows along the sample edges and forms a vortex. Its winding direction reverses by switching the light helicity from left to right handed. We demonstrate that the photocurrent stems from the sample edges, which ...

We observe photocurrents induced in single-layer graphene samples by illumination of the graphene edges with circularly polarized terahertz radiation at normal incidence. The photocurrent flows along the sample edges and forms a vortex. Its winding direction reverses by switching the light helicity from left to right handed. We demonstrate that the photocurrent stems from the sample edges, which reduce the spatial symmetry and result in an asymmetric scattering of carriers driven by the radiation electric field. The developed theory based on Boltzmann's kinetic equation is in a good agreement with the experiment. We show that the edge photocurrents can be applied for determination of the conductivity type and the momentum scattering time of the charge carriers in the graphene edge vicinity.



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Item typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitlePhysical Review Letters (PRL)
Publisher:AMER PHYSICAL SOC
Place of Publication:COLLEGE PK
Volume:107
Page Range:p. 276601
Date27 December 2011
InstitutionsPhysics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics
Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Professor Ganichev > Group Sergey Ganichev
Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Chair Professor Weiss > Group Dieter Weiss
Identification Number
ValueType
10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.276601DOI
Classification
NotationType
72.80.Vp, 73.50.Pz, 78.67.Wj, 81.05.uePACS
KeywordsEPITAXIAL GRAPHENE; DEEP IMPURITIES; SEMICONDUCTORS; IONIZATION;
Dewey Decimal Classification500 Science > 530 Physics
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgYes
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-235073
Item ID23507

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