Layer photovoltaic effect in van der Waals heterostructures

• Main Authors: Matsyshyn, Oles, Xiong, Ying, Arora, Arpit, Song, Justin Chien Wen
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Science::Physics; Bilayer Graphene; Electric Polarization
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/169300
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We argue that the layer electric polarization of noncentrosymmetric layered heterostructures can be generically controlled by light yielding a layer photovoltaic effect (LPE). The LPE possesses a rich phenomenology and can arise from myriad distinct mechanisms displaying strong sensitivity to symmet...