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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 type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Physical Review Letters (PRL) | ||||
| Publisher: | AMER PHYSICAL SOC | ||||
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| Place of Publication: | COLLEGE PK | ||||
| Volume: | 107 | ||||
| Page Range: | p. 276601 | ||||
| Date | 27 December 2011 | ||||
| Institutions | Physics > 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 | ||||
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| Keywords | EPITAXIAL GRAPHENE; DEEP IMPURITIES; SEMICONDUCTORS; IONIZATION; | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 500 Science > 530 Physics | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Yes | ||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-235073 | ||||
| Item ID | 23507 |
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