Non-local terahertz photoconductivity in the topological phase of Hg1−x Cd x Te

Abstract We report on observation of strong non-local photoconducitivity induced by terahertz laser pulses in non-zero magnetic field in heterostructures based on Hg1−x Cd x Te films being in the topological phase. While the zero-field non-local photoconductivity is negligible, it is strongly enhanc...

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Autores principales: A. S. Kazakov, A. V. Galeeva, A. I. Artamkin, A. V. Ikonnikov, L. I. Ryabova, S. A. Dvoretsky, N. N. Mikhailov, M. I. Bannikov, S. N. Danilov, D. R. Khokhlov
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:adf33367841b42fe8d92c092dde4ce502021-12-02T14:12:45ZNon-local terahertz photoconductivity in the topological phase of Hg1−x Cd x Te10.1038/s41598-021-81099-62045-2322https://doaj.org/article/adf33367841b42fe8d92c092dde4ce502021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81099-6https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract We report on observation of strong non-local photoconducitivity induced by terahertz laser pulses in non-zero magnetic field in heterostructures based on Hg1−x Cd x Te films being in the topological phase. While the zero-field non-local photoconductivity is negligible, it is strongly enhanced in magnetic fields ~ 0.05 T resulting in appearance of an edge photocurrent that exceeds the respective dark signal by orders of magnitude. This photocurrent is chiral, and the chirality changes every time the magnetic field or the electric bias is reversed. Appearance of the non-local terahertz photoconductivity is attributed to features of the interface between the topological film and the trivial buffer.A. S. KazakovA. V. GaleevaA. I. ArtamkinA. V. IkonnikovL. I. RyabovaS. A. DvoretskyN. N. MikhailovM. I. BannikovS. N. DanilovD. R. KhokhlovNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021)
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A. S. Kazakov
A. V. Galeeva
A. I. Artamkin
A. V. Ikonnikov
L. I. Ryabova
S. A. Dvoretsky
N. N. Mikhailov
M. I. Bannikov
S. N. Danilov
D. R. Khokhlov
Non-local terahertz photoconductivity in the topological phase of Hg1−x Cd x Te
description Abstract We report on observation of strong non-local photoconducitivity induced by terahertz laser pulses in non-zero magnetic field in heterostructures based on Hg1−x Cd x Te films being in the topological phase. While the zero-field non-local photoconductivity is negligible, it is strongly enhanced in magnetic fields ~ 0.05 T resulting in appearance of an edge photocurrent that exceeds the respective dark signal by orders of magnitude. This photocurrent is chiral, and the chirality changes every time the magnetic field or the electric bias is reversed. Appearance of the non-local terahertz photoconductivity is attributed to features of the interface between the topological film and the trivial buffer.
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author A. S. Kazakov
A. V. Galeeva
A. I. Artamkin
A. V. Ikonnikov
L. I. Ryabova
S. A. Dvoretsky
N. N. Mikhailov
M. I. Bannikov
S. N. Danilov
D. R. Khokhlov
author_facet A. S. Kazakov
A. V. Galeeva
A. I. Artamkin
A. V. Ikonnikov
L. I. Ryabova
S. A. Dvoretsky
N. N. Mikhailov
M. I. Bannikov
S. N. Danilov
D. R. Khokhlov
author_sort A. S. Kazakov
title Non-local terahertz photoconductivity in the topological phase of Hg1−x Cd x Te
title_short Non-local terahertz photoconductivity in the topological phase of Hg1−x Cd x Te
title_full Non-local terahertz photoconductivity in the topological phase of Hg1−x Cd x Te
title_fullStr Non-local terahertz photoconductivity in the topological phase of Hg1−x Cd x Te
title_full_unstemmed Non-local terahertz photoconductivity in the topological phase of Hg1−x Cd x Te
title_sort non-local terahertz photoconductivity in the topological phase of hg1−x cd x te
publisher Nature Portfolio
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/adf33367841b42fe8d92c092dde4ce50
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