Spintronics and pseudospintronics in graphene and topological insulators

D Pesin, AH MacDonald - Nature materials, 2012 - nature.com
The two-dimensional electron systems in graphene and in topological insulators are
described by massless Dirac equations. Although the two systems have similar …

Nanomaterial‐based plasmon‐enhanced infrared spectroscopy

X Yang, Z Sun, T Low, H Hu, X Guo… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Surface‐enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA) has attracted increasing attention due to the
potential of infrared spectroscopy in applications such as molecular trace sensing of solids …

Quantized Faraday and Kerr rotation and axion electrodynamics of a 3D topological insulator

L Wu, M Salehi, N Koirala, J Moon, S Oh, NP Armitage - Science, 2016 - science.org
Topological insulators have been proposed to be best characterized as bulk
magnetoelectric materials that show response functions quantized in terms of fundamental …

Experimental signature of the parity anomaly in a semi-magnetic topological insulator

M Mogi, Y Okamura, M Kawamura, R Yoshimi… - Nature Physics, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract A three-dimensional (3D) topological insulator features a 2D surface state
consisting of a single linearly dispersive Dirac cone,–. Under broken time-reversal …

Measurement of Intrinsic Dirac Fermion Cooling on the Surface of the Topological Insulator Using Time-Resolved and Angle-Resolved Photoemission …

YH Wang, D Hsieh, EJ Sie, H Steinberg, DR Gardner… - Physical Review Letters, 2012 - APS
We perform time-and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy of a prototypical
topological insulator (TI) Bi 2 Se 3 to study the ultrafast dynamics of surface and bulk …

Observation of the universal magnetoelectric effect in a 3D topological insulator

V Dziom, A Shuvaev, A Pimenov, GV Astakhov… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The electrodynamics of topological insulators (TIs) is described by modified Maxwell's
equations, which contain additional terms that couple an electric field to a magnetization and …

Ultra-broadband and high response of the Bi 2 Te 3–Si heterojunction and its application as a photodetector at room temperature in harsh working environments

J Yao, J Shao, Y Wang, Z Zhao, G Yang - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Broadband photodetection is central to various technological applications including
imaging, sensing and optical communications. On account of their Dirac-like surface state …

Quantum Faraday and Kerr rotations in graphene

R Shimano, G Yumoto, JY Yoo, R Matsunaga… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Graphene, a monolayer sheet of carbon atoms, exhibits intriguing electronic properties that
arise from its massless Dirac dispersion of electrons. A striking example is the half-integer …

Strong nonlinear terahertz response induced by Dirac surface states in Bi2Se3 topological insulator

F Giorgianni, E Chiadroni, A Rovere… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Electrons with a linear energy/momentum dispersion are called massless Dirac electrons
and represent the low-energy excitations in exotic materials such as graphene and …

Terahertz spectroscopy on Faraday and Kerr rotations in a quantum anomalous Hall state

KN Okada, Y Takahashi, M Mogi, R Yoshimi… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Electrodynamic responses from three-dimensional topological insulators are characterized
by the universal magnetoelectric term constituent of the Lagrangian formalism. The …