Photocurrent as a multiphysics diagnostic of quantum materials

The photoexcitation life cycle from incident photon (and creation of photoexcited electron–hole pair) to ultimate extraction of electrical current is a complex multiphysics process spanning across a range of spatiotemporal scales of quantum materials. Photocurrent is sensitive to a myriad of physica...

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Main Authors: Ma, Qiong, Kumar, Roshan Krishna, Xu, Su-Yang, Koppens, Frank H. L., Song, Justin Chien Wen
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1690932023-11-06T15:35:32Z Photocurrent as a multiphysics diagnostic of quantum materials Ma, Qiong Kumar, Roshan Krishna Xu, Su-Yang Koppens, Frank H. L. Song, Justin Chien Wen School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Science::Physics Electrical Current Kinetic Process The photoexcitation life cycle from incident photon (and creation of photoexcited electron–hole pair) to ultimate extraction of electrical current is a complex multiphysics process spanning across a range of spatiotemporal scales of quantum materials. Photocurrent is sensitive to a myriad of physical processes across these spatiotemporal scales, and over the past decade it has emerged as a versatile probe of electronic states, Bloch band quantum geometry, quantum kinetic processes and device characteristics of quantum materials. This Technical Review outlines the key multiphysics principles of photocurrent diagnostics, for resolving band structure and characterizing topological materials, for disentangling distinct types of carrier scattering that can range from femtosecond to nanosecond timescales and for enabling new types of remote-sensing protocols and photocurrent nanoscopy. These distinctive capabilities underscore photocurrent diagnostics as a novel multiphysics probe for a growing class of quantum materials with properties governed by physics spanning multiple spatiotemporal scales. Ministry of Education (MOE) Submitted/Accepted version Q.M. was supported through NSF Career DMR-2143426 and the CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars programme. R.K.K. acknowledges the EU Horizon 2020 programme under the MarieSkłodowska-Curie grant numbers 754510 and 893030. S.-Y.X. was supported through NSF Career (Harvard fund 129522) DMR-2143177. F.H.L.K. acknowledges support from the ERC TOPONANOP (726001), the Government of Spain (PID2019-106875GB-I00; Severo Ochoa CEX2019-000910-S (MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033)), Fundació Cellex, Fundació Mir-Puig and Generalitat de Catalunya (CERCA, AGAUR, SGR 1656). Furthermore, the research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 under grant agreement numbers 881603 (Graphene flagship Core3) and 820378 (Quantum flagship). J.C.W.S. acknowledges support from the Singapore MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 3 Grant number MOE2018-T3-1-002. 2023-06-28T08:43:18Z 2023-06-28T08:43:18Z 2023 Journal Article Ma, Q., Kumar, R. K., Xu, S., Koppens, F. H. L. & Song, J. C. W. (2023). Photocurrent as a multiphysics diagnostic of quantum materials. Nature Reviews Physics, 5(3), 170-184. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42254-022-00551-2 2522-5820 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/169093 10.1038/s42254-022-00551-2 2-s2.0-85147652001 3 5 170 184 en MOE2018-T3-1-002 Nature Reviews Physics © 2023 Springer Nature Limited. All rights reserved. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the copyright holder. The Version of Record is available online at http://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-022-00551-2. application/pdf
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Electrical Current
Kinetic Process
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Kinetic Process
Ma, Qiong
Kumar, Roshan Krishna
Xu, Su-Yang
Koppens, Frank H. L.
Song, Justin Chien Wen
Photocurrent as a multiphysics diagnostic of quantum materials
description The photoexcitation life cycle from incident photon (and creation of photoexcited electron–hole pair) to ultimate extraction of electrical current is a complex multiphysics process spanning across a range of spatiotemporal scales of quantum materials. Photocurrent is sensitive to a myriad of physical processes across these spatiotemporal scales, and over the past decade it has emerged as a versatile probe of electronic states, Bloch band quantum geometry, quantum kinetic processes and device characteristics of quantum materials. This Technical Review outlines the key multiphysics principles of photocurrent diagnostics, for resolving band structure and characterizing topological materials, for disentangling distinct types of carrier scattering that can range from femtosecond to nanosecond timescales and for enabling new types of remote-sensing protocols and photocurrent nanoscopy. These distinctive capabilities underscore photocurrent diagnostics as a novel multiphysics probe for a growing class of quantum materials with properties governed by physics spanning multiple spatiotemporal scales.
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Ma, Qiong
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Koppens, Frank H. L.
Song, Justin Chien Wen
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title Photocurrent as a multiphysics diagnostic of quantum materials
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