Quantized circular photogalvanic effect in Weyl semimetals

Fernando de Juan; Adolfo G. Grushin; Takahiro Morimoto; Joel E Moore

doi:10.1038/ncomms15995

Nature Communications (Jul 2017)

Quantized circular photogalvanic effect in Weyl semimetals

Fernando de Juan,
Adolfo G. Grushin,
Takahiro Morimoto,
Joel E Moore

Affiliations

Fernando de Juan: Department of Physics, University of California
Adolfo G. Grushin: Department of Physics, University of California
Takahiro Morimoto: Department of Physics, University of California
Joel E Moore: Department of Physics, University of California

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15995
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Photocurrent switches depend on circular polarization of the incident light. Here, De Juanet al. report a quantized circular photogalvanic effect as a measure of the topological charge of Weyl points in a class of Weyl semimetals and three-dimensional Rashba materials.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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