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Tuning a Schottky barrier in a photoexcited topological insulator with transient Dirac cone electron-hole asymmetry
Mahdi Hajlaoui
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E. Papalazarou
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Julien Mauchain
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Luca Perfetti
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Amina Taleb-Ibrahimi
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F. Navarin
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M. Monteverde
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P. Auban-Senzier
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C. R. Pasquier
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N. Moisan
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Davide Boschetto
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M. Neupane
5
M. Z. Hasan
5
T. Durakiewicz
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Z. Jiang
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Y. Xu
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I. Miotkowski
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Y. P. Chen
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S. Jia
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H. W. Ji
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R. J. Cava
9
M. Marsi
1
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Sch Phys
C. R. Pasquier 1
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N. Moisan 4
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Davide Boschetto 4
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M. Neupane 5
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R. J. Cava 9
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M. Marsi 1
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LANL - Los Alamos National Laboratory (P.O. Box 1663 Los Alamos, NM 87545 - United States)
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Sch Phys (United States)
- Georgia Institute of Technology [Atlanta] (North Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30332 - United States)
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Dept Phys (United States)
- Purdue University [West Lafayette] (Hovde Hall, 610 Purdue Mall, West Lafayette, IN 47907 - United States)
Abstract : The advent of Dirac materials has made it possible to realize two-dimensional gases of relativistic fermions with unprecedented transport properties in condensed matter. Their photoconductive control with ultrafast light pulses is opening new perspectives for the transmission of current and information. Here we show that the interplay of surface and bulk transient carrier dynamics in a photoexcited topological insulator can control an essential parameter for photoconductivity-the balance between excess electrons and holes in the Dirac cone. This can result in a strongly out of equilibrium gas of hot relativistic fermions, characterized by a surprisingly long lifetime of more than 50 ps, and a simultaneous transient shift of chemical potential by as much as 100 meV. The unique properties of this transient Dirac cone make it possible to tune with ultrafast light pulses a relativistic nanoscale Schottky barrier, in a way that is impossible with conventional optoelectronic materials.
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- DOI : 10.1038/ncomms4003
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Mahdi Hajlaoui, E. Papalazarou, Julien Mauchain, Luca Perfetti, Amina Taleb-Ibrahimi, et al.. Tuning a Schottky barrier in a photoexcited topological insulator with transient Dirac cone electron-hole asymmetry. Nature, Nature Publishing Group, 2014, 5, pp.3003. ⟨10.1038/ncomms4003⟩. ⟨hal-01011937⟩
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