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Infrared/terahertz spectra of the photogalvanic effect in (Bi,Sb)Te based three-dimensional topological insulators
Plank, Helene, Pernul, Johanna, Gebert, Sebastian, Danilov, Sergey N., König-Otto, J., Winnerl, S., Lanius, M., Kampmeier, J., Mussler, G., Aguilera, I.
, Grützmacher, D. and Ganichev, Sergey
(2018)
Infrared/terahertz spectra of the photogalvanic effect in (Bi,Sb)Te based three-dimensional topological insulators.
Phys. Rev. Materials 2, 024202.
Date of publication of this fulltext: 18 Jul 2019 13:39
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.40541
Abstract
We report on the systematic study of infrared/terahertz spectra of photocurrents in (Bi, Sb) Te based three-dimensional topological insulators. We demonstrate that in a wide range of frequencies, ranging from fractions up to tens of terahertz, the photocurrent is caused by the linear photogalvanic effect (LPGE) excited in the surface states. The photocurrent spectra reveal that at low frequencies ...
We report on the systematic study of infrared/terahertz spectra of photocurrents in (Bi, Sb) Te based three-dimensional topological insulators. We demonstrate that in a wide range of frequencies, ranging from fractions up to tens of terahertz, the photocurrent is caused by the linear photogalvanic effect (LPGE) excited in the surface states. The photocurrent spectra reveal that at low frequencies the LPGE emerges due to free carrier Drude-like absorption. The spectra allow us to determine the room temperature carrier mobilities in the surface states despite the presence of thermally activated residual impurities in the material bulk. In a number of samples we observed an enhancement of the linear photogalvanic effect at frequencies between 30 and 60 THz, which is attributed to the excitation of electrons from helical surface to bulk conduction band states. Under this condition and applying oblique incidence we also observed the circular photogalvanic effect driven by the radiation helicity.
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| Item type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Phys. Rev. Materials | ||||
| Publisher: | AMER PHYSICAL SOC | ||||
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| Place of Publication: | COLLEGE PK | ||||
| Volume: | 2 | ||||
| Page Range: | 024202 | ||||
| Date | February 2018 | ||||
| Institutions | Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Professor Ganichev > Group Sergey Ganichev | ||||
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| Keywords | MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY; DEEP IMPURITIES; QUANTUM-WELLS; PHOTON-DRAG; PHOTOCURRENTS; SURFACE; IONIZATION; ABSORPTION; RADIATION; GRAPHENE; | ||||
| 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-405417 | ||||
| Item ID | 40541 |
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