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  Linear and nonlinear optical responses in the chiral multifold semimetal RhSi

Ni, Z., Xu, B., Sánchez-Martínez, M.-Á., Zhang, Y., Manna, K., Bernhard, C., et al. (2020). Linear and nonlinear optical responses in the chiral multifold semimetal RhSi. npj Quantum Materials, 5(1): 96, pp. 1-10. doi:10.1038/s41535-020-00298-y.

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Ni, Zhuoliang1, Author
Xu, B.1, Author
Sánchez-Martínez, M.-Á. 1, Author
Zhang, Y.2, Author           
Manna, K.2, Author           
Bernhard, C.1, Author
Venderbos, J. W. F.1, Author
de Juan, F.1, Author
Felser, C.3, Author           
Grushin, A. G.1, Author
Wu, Liang1, Author
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2Inorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society, ou_1863425              
3Claudia Felser, Inorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society, ou_1863429              

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 Abstract: Chiral topological semimetals are materials that break both inversion and mirror symmetries. They host interesting phenomena such as the quantized circular photogalvanic effect (CPGE) and the chiral magnetic effect. In this work, we report a comprehensive theoretical and experimental analysis of the linear and nonlinear optical responses of the chiral topological semimetal RhSi, which is known to host multifold fermions. We show that the characteristic features of the optical conductivity, which display two distinct quasi-linear regimes above and below 0.4 eV, can be linked to excitations of different kinds of multifold fermions. The characteristic features of the CPGE, which displays a sign change at 0.4 eV and a large non-quantized response peak of around 160 mu A/V-2 at 0.7 eV, are explained by assuming that the chemical potential crosses a flat hole band at the Brillouin zone center. Our theory predicts that, in order to observe a quantized CPGE in RhSi, it is necessary to increase the chemical potential as well as the quasiparticle lifetime. More broadly, our methodology, especially the development of the broadband terahertz emission spectroscopy, could be widely applied to study photogalvanic effects in noncentrosymmetric materials and in topological insulators in a contact-less way and accelerate the technological development of efficient infrared detectors based on topological semimetals.

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 Dates: 2020-12-182020-12-18
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Title: npj Quantum Materials
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 5 (1) Sequence Number: 96 Start / End Page: 1 - 10 Identifier: ISSN: 2397-4648
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/2397-4648