• 文献标题:   Terahertz Radiation Driven Chiral Edge Currents in Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KARCH J, DREXLER C, OLBRICH P, FEHRENBACHER M, HIRMER M, GLAZOV MM, TARASENKO SA, IVCHENKO EL, BIRKNER B, EROMS J, WEISS D, YAKIMOVA R, LARAAVILA S, KUBATKIN S, OSTLER M, SEYLLER T, GANICHEV SD
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0031-9007 EI 1079-7114
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Regensburg
  • 被引频次:   66
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.276601
  • 出版年:   2011

▎ 摘  要

We observe photocurrents induced in single-layer graphene samples by illumination of the graphene edges with circularly polarized terahertz radiation at normal incidence. The photocurrent flows along the sample edges and forms a vortex. Its winding direction reverses by switching the light helicity from left to right handed. We demonstrate that the photocurrent stems from the sample edges, which reduce the spatial symmetry and result in an asymmetric scattering of carriers driven by the radiation electric field. The developed theory based on Boltzmann's kinetic equation is in a good agreement with the experiment. We show that the edge photocurrents can be applied for determination of the conductivity type and the momentum scattering time of the charge carriers in the graphene edge vicinity.