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| author | Yang, Yaqing Cheng, Xiaoyu Xiao, Liantuan Jia, Suotang Chen, Jun Zhang, Lei Wang, Jian |
| author_facet | Yang, Yaqing Cheng, Xiaoyu Xiao, Liantuan Jia, Suotang Chen, Jun Zhang, Lei Wang, Jian |
| contents | Efficient electric manipulation of valley degrees of freedom is critical and challenging for the advancement of valley-based information science and technology. We put forth an electrical scheme, based on a two-band Dirac model, that can switch the fully valley-polarized photocurrent between K and K' valleys using the circular bulk electro-photovoltaic effect. This is accomplished by applying an out-of-plane electric field to the two-dimensional valley materials, which enables continuous tuning of the Berry curvature and its sign flip. We found that the switch of the fully valley-polarized photocurrent is directly tied to the sign change of Berry curvature, which accompanies a topological phase transition, for instance, the quantum spin Hall effect and the quantum valley Hall effect. This scheme has been confirmed in monolayer BiAsI2 and germanene through first-principles calculations. Our paper offers a promising strategy for the development of a volatile valley-addressable memory device and could inspire further research in this area. |
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| spellingShingle | Electric field controlled valley-polarized photocurrent switch based on the circular bulk photovoltaic effect Yang, Yaqing Cheng, Xiaoyu Xiao, Liantuan Jia, Suotang Chen, Jun Zhang, Lei Wang, Jian Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Efficient electric manipulation of valley degrees of freedom is critical and challenging for the advancement of valley-based information science and technology. We put forth an electrical scheme, based on a two-band Dirac model, that can switch the fully valley-polarized photocurrent between K and K' valleys using the circular bulk electro-photovoltaic effect. This is accomplished by applying an out-of-plane electric field to the two-dimensional valley materials, which enables continuous tuning of the Berry curvature and its sign flip. We found that the switch of the fully valley-polarized photocurrent is directly tied to the sign change of Berry curvature, which accompanies a topological phase transition, for instance, the quantum spin Hall effect and the quantum valley Hall effect. This scheme has been confirmed in monolayer BiAsI2 and germanene through first-principles calculations. Our paper offers a promising strategy for the development of a volatile valley-addressable memory device and could inspire further research in this area. |
| title | Electric field controlled valley-polarized photocurrent switch based on the circular bulk photovoltaic effect |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.08768 |