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Snapshots of Dirac Fermions near the Dirac Point in Topological Insulators
(2013-12-01)
Luo, C. W.
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Wang, H. J.
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Ku, S. A.
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Chen, H. -J.
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Yeh, T. T.
The recent focus on topological insulators is due to the scientific interest in the new state of quantum matter as well as the technology potential for a new generation of THz optoelectronics, spintronics and quantum computations. It is important to elucidate the dynamics of the Dirac fermions in the topologically protected surface state. Hence we utilized a novel ultrafast optical pump mid-infrared probe to 4 explore the dynamics of Dirac fermions near the Dirac point. The femtosecond snapshots of the relaxation process were revealed by the ultrafast optics. Specifically, the Dirac fermion-phonon coupling strength in the Dirac cone was found to increase from 0.08 to 0.19 while Dirac fermions were away from the Dirac point into higher energy states. Further, the energy-resolved transient reflectivity spectra disclosed the energy loss rate of Dirac fermions at room temperature was about 1 meV/ps. These results are crucial to the design of Dirac fermion devices.
Ultrafast dynamics in topological insulators
(2013)
Luo, C. W.
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Chen, H. -J.
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Wang, H. J.
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Ku, S. A.
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Wu, K. H.
Ultrafast dynamics of carriers and phonons in topological insulators CuxBi2Se3-y (x= 0, 0.1, 0.125, y= 0, 1) was studied using femtosecond optical pump-probe spectroscopy. One damped oscillation was clearly observed in the transient reflectivity changes (Delta R/R), which is assigned to the coherent optical phonon (A(1g)(1)). According to the red shift of A(1g)(1) phonon frequency, the Cu atoms in CuxBi2Se3 crystals may predominantly intercalated between pair of the quintuple layers. Moreover, the carrier dynamics in the Dirac-cone surface state is significantly different from that in bulk state, which was investigated using optical pump mid-infrared (mid-IR) probe spectroscopy. The rising time and decay time of the negative component in Delta R/R, which is assigned to carrier relaxation in Dirac cone, is 1.62 ps and 20.5 ps, respectively.