• 文献标题:   Gate-Tunable Helical Currents in Commensurate Topological Insulator/Graphene Heterostructures
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KIEMLE J, POWALLA L, POLYUDOV K, GULATI L, SINGH M, HOLLEITNER AW, BURGHARD M, KASTL C
  • 作者关键词:   topological insulator, graphene, van der waals epitaxy, heterostructure, photocurrent, secondharmonic generation, raman spectroscopy
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
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  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsnano.2c03370
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

van der Waals heterostructures made from graphene and three-dimensional topological insulators promise very high electron mobilities, a nontrivial spin texture, and a gate-tunability of electronic properties. Such a combination of advantageous electronic characteristics can only be achieved through proximity effects in heterostructures, as graphene lacks a large enough spin-orbit interaction. In turn, the heterostructures are promising candidates for all-electrical control of proximity -induced spin phenomena. Here, we explore epitaxially grown interfaces between graphene and the lattice-matched topological insulator Bi2Te2Se. For this heterostructure, spin-orbit coupling proximity has been predicted to impart an anisotropic and electronically tunable spin texture. Polarization-resolved second -harmonic generation, Raman spectroscopy, and time-resolved magneto-optic Kerr microscopy are combined to demonstrate that the atomic interfaces align in a commensurate symmetry with characteristic interlayer vibrations. By polarization-resolved photocurrent measurements, we find a circular photogalvanic effect which is drastically enhanced at the Dirac point of the proximitized graphene. We attribute the peculiar gate-tunability to the proximity-induced interfacial spin structure, which could be exploited for, e.g., spin filters.