Control over topological insulator photocurrents with light polarization

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 96-100

  McIver, J W ^a,b   Hsieh, D ^a   Steinberg, H ^a   Jarillo Herrero, P ^a   Gedik, N ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOCURRENTS; QUANTUM THEORY; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SPIN POLARIZATION; SURFACE STATES; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS;

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LIGHT; ELECTRICAL CURRENT; LINEAR POLARIZATION; NEW QUANTUM PHASE; OUT OF EQUILIBRIUM; QUANTUM PHASE TRANSITIONS; SPIN-POLARIZED SURFACE STATE; SPINTRONIC DEVICE;

TOPOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRICITY; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; PHOTOCURRENT; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATOR;

EID: 84856844282     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2011.214     Document Type: Article

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