Terahertz response and colossal kerr rotation from the surface states of the topological insulator Bi 2Se 3

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Valds Aguilar, R ^a   Stier, A V ^a,b   Liu, W ^a   Bilbro, L S ^a   George, D K ^b   Bansal, N ^c   Wu, L ^a   Cerne, J ^b   Markelz, A G ^b   Oh, S ^c   Armitage, N P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; DOMINANT CONTRIBUTIONS; KERR ROTATION; LINEARLY POLARIZED LIGHT; LOW FREQUENCY; POLARIZATION ROTATION; SURFACE ELECTRON; SURFACE STATE; TERAHERTZ RESPONSE;

ELECTRIC INSULATORS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SURFACE STATES;

SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84863115229     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.087403     Document Type: Article

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