Rees D, Manna K, Lu B, Morimoto T, Borrmann H, Felser C, Moore JE, Torchinsky DH, Orenstein J (2020)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2020
Book Volume: 6
Article Number: eaba0509
Journal Issue: 29
Weyl semimetals are crystals in which electron bands cross at isolated points in momentum space. Associated with each crossing point (or Weyl node) is a topological invariant known as the Berry monopole charge. The circular photogalvanic effect (CPGE), whereby circular polarized light generates a helicity-dependent photocurrent, is a notable example of a macroscopic property that emerges directly from the topology of the Weyl semimetal band structure. Recently, it was predicted that the amplitude of the CPGE associated with optical transitions near a Weyl node is proportional to its monopole charge. In chiral Weyl systems, nodes of opposite charge are nondegenerate, opening a window of wavelengths where the CPGE resulting from uncompensated Berry charge can emerge. Here, we report measurements of CPGE in the chiral Weyl semimetal RhSi, revealing a CPGE response in an energy window that closes at 0.65 eV, in agreement with the predictions of density functional theory.
APA:
Rees, D., Manna, K., Lu, B., Morimoto, T., Borrmann, H., Felser, C.,... Orenstein, J. (2020). Helicity-dependent photocurrents in the chiral Weyl semimetal RhSi. Science Advances, 6(29). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aba0509
MLA:
Rees, Dylan, et al. "Helicity-dependent photocurrents in the chiral Weyl semimetal RhSi." Science Advances 6.29 (2020).
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