Tuning a Schottky barrier in a photoexcited topological insulator with transient Dirac cone electron-hole asymmetry

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Hajlaoui, M ^a   Papalazarou, E ^a   Mauchain, J ^a   Perfetti, L ^b   Taleb Ibrahimi, A ^c   Navarin, F ^a   Monteverde, M ^a   Auban Senzier, P ^a   Pasquier, C R ^a   Moisan, N ^d   Boschetto, D ^d   Neupane, M ^e   Hasan, M Z ^e   Durakiewicz, T ^f   Jiang, Z ^g   Xu, Y ^h   Miotkowski, I ^h   Chen, Y P ^h   Jia, S ^e   Ji, H W ^e   Cava, R J ^e   Marsi, M ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SOLIDES IRRADIÉS   (France)

^c SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; INSULATION; TOPOLOGY;

ELECTRON; FERMION;

EID: 84908445978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4003     Document Type: Article

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