01418nas a2200289 4500008004500000020001400045245011000059210006900169260000800238300000600246490000800252520061600260653001100876653001200887100002000899700001800919700001200937700001900949700001900968700001500987700001101002700001401013700002001027700001101047700002101058856004901079 2012 Engldsh a0031-900700aTerahertz Response and Colossal Kerr Rotation from the Surface States of the Topological Insulator Bi2Se30 aTerahertz Response and Colossal Kerr Rotation from the Surface S cFeb a50 v1083 a
We report the THz response of thin films of the topological insulator Bi2Se3. At low frequencies, transport is essentially thickness independent showing the dominant contribution of the surface electrons. Despite their extended exposure to ambient conditions, these surfaces exhibit robust properties including narrow, almost thickness-independent Drude peaks, and an unprecedentedly large polarization rotation of linearly polarized light reflected in an applied magnetic field. This Kerr rotation can be as large as 65 degrees and can be explained by a cyclotron resonance effect of the surface states.
10abi2te310aPhysics1 aAguilar, R., V.1 aStier, A., V.1 aLiu, W.1 aBilbro, L., S.1 aGeorge, D., K.1 aBansal, N.1 aWu, L.1 aCerne, J.1 aMarkelz, A., G.1 aOh, S.1 aArmitage, N., P. uhttps://markelz.physics.buffalo.edu/node/22101843nas a2200193 4500008004100000245010000041210006900141260001900210300001900229490000800248520123500256100001601491700001701507700001401524700002401538700001801562700002001580856004901600 2004 eng d00aTerahertz measurements of the Photoactive Protein Bacteriorhodopsin mutant D96N: M and P states0 aTerahertz measurements of the Photoactive Protein Bacteriorhodop aWarrendale, PA apages261–2670 v8263 aWe use terahertz (THz) spectroscopy as a biomaterials characterization tool. Previously we have shown a strong contrast between the THz dielectric response for wild type (WT) and D96N mutant of bacteriorhodopsin. In those studies we observed a large increase in the THz absorbance of WT with excitation to thermally captured photo-intermediates whereas no such increase in absorbance was observed for the mutant D96N. These results suggest that the THz response is sensitive to structural changes and relative flexibility of biomolecules. However the photo-intermediate populations of the WT and D96N samples were not equivalent in those measurements. While the WT samples had relaxed (bR), M and P state intermediates present, the D96N samples had only bR and M states. Here we present terahertz absorbance measurements of D96N as a function of M and P state populations at room temperature. The THz response is constant for intermediate states populations up to 23% M state and up to 30% P state. These results verify that there is a fundamental difference in the conformational dynamics as measured by THz dielectric response for a single residue mutation.
We use photoluminescence to study the time-average energy distribution of electrons in the presence of strong steady-state drive at terahertz (THz) frequencies, in a modulation-doped 125 Angstrom AlGaAs/GaAs square well that is held at low lattice temperature TL. We find that the energy distribution can be characterized by an effective electron temperature, T-e(>T-L), that agrees well with values estimated from the THz-illuminated, dc conductivity. This agreement indicates that under strong THz drive, LO phonon scattering dominates both energy and momentum relaxation; that the carrier distribution maintains a heated, thermal form; and that phonon drift effects are negligible. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.
10ahot-electrons10aPhysics1 aAsmar, N., G.1 aCerne, J.1 aMarkelz, A., G.1 aGwinn, E., G.1 aSherwin, M., S.1 aCampman, K., L.1 aGossard, A., C. uhttps://markelz.physics.buffalo.edu/node/258