Orbital photogalvanic effects in quantum-confined structures

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Orbital photogalvanic effects in quantum-confined structures
المؤلفون: Karch, J., Tarasenko, S. A., Olbrich, P., Schönberger, T., Reitmaier, C., Plohmann, D., Kvon, Z. D., Ganichev, S. D.
سنة النشر: 2009
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
الوصف: We report on the circular and linear photogalvanic effects caused by free-carrier absorption of terahertz radiation in electron channels on (001)-oriented and miscut silicon surfaces. The photocurrent behavior upon variation of the radiation polarization state, wavelength, gate voltage and temperature is studied. We present the microscopical and phenomenological theory of the photogalvanic effects, which describes well the experimental results. In particular, it is demonstrated that the circular (photon-helicity sensitive) photocurrent in silicon-based structures is of pure orbital nature originating from the quantum interference of different pathways contributing to the absorption of monochromatic radiation.
Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, two culumnes
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/22/35/355307
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/0912.0974
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.0912.0974
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
الوصف
DOI:10.1088/0953-8984/22/35/355307