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Danilov, Sergey N. ; Golub, Leonid E. ; Mayer, T. ; Beer, A. ; Binder, Stefan ; Mönch, E. ; Minár, J. ; Kronseder, Matthias ; Back, Christian H. ; Bougeard, Dominique ; Ganichev, Sergey D.

Superlinear Photogalvanic Effects in (Bi0.3Sb0.7)2(Te0.1Se0.9)3: Probing Three-Dimensional Topological Insulator Surface States at Room Temperature

Danilov, Sergey N. , Golub, Leonid E. , Mayer, T., Beer, A. , Binder, Stefan , Mönch, E., Minár, J., Kronseder, Matthias , Back, Christian H. , Bougeard, Dominique and Ganichev, Sergey D. (2021) Superlinear Photogalvanic Effects in (Bi0.3Sb0.7)2(Te0.1Se0.9)3: Probing Three-Dimensional Topological Insulator Surface States at Room Temperature. Physical Review Applied 16 (6), 064030.

Date of publication of this fulltext: 15 Feb 2023 16:44
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.53798


Abstract

We report on the observation of a complex nonlinear intensity dependence of the circular and linear photogalvanic currents induced by infrared radiation in compensated (Bi0.3Sb0.7)(2) (Te0.1Se0.9)(3) three-dimensional topological insulators. The photocurrents are induced by direct optical transitions between topological surface and bulk states. We show that an increase in the radiation intensity ...

We report on the observation of a complex nonlinear intensity dependence of the circular and linear photogalvanic currents induced by infrared radiation in compensated (Bi0.3Sb0.7)(2) (Te0.1Se0.9)(3) three-dimensional topological insulators. The photocurrents are induced by direct optical transitions between topological surface and bulk states. We show that an increase in the radiation intensity results first in a highly superlinear rise in the amplitude of both types of photocurrents, whereas at higher intensities the photocurrent saturates. Our analysis of the observed nonlinearities shows that the superlinear behavior of the photocurrents is caused by heating of the electron gas, while the saturation is induced by slow relaxation of the photoexcited carriers, resulting in absorbance bleaching. The observed nonlinearities give access to the Fermi-level position with respect to the Dirac point and the energy relaxation times of Dirac fermions, providing an experimental room-temperature probe of topological surface states.



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Item typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitlePhysical Review Applied
Publisher:AMER PHYSICAL SOC
Open Access Type:Due to SHERPA/RoMEO
Place of Publication:COLLEGE PK
Volume:16
Number of Issue or Book Chapter:6
Page Range:064030
Date13 December 2021
InstitutionsPhysics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Alumni or Retired Professors > Chair Professor Back > Group Christian Back
Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Professor Ganichev > Group Sergey Ganichev
Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Chair Professor Huber > Group Dominique Bougeard
Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Prof. Jörg Wunderlich
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10.1103/PhysRevApplied.16.064030DOI
KeywordsSPIN PHOTOCURRENTS; DEEP IMPURITIES; SPECTROSCOPY; IONIZATION; BI2SE3; BI2TE3
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-537988
Item ID53798

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