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Energy relaxation of hot carriers near the charge neutrality point in HgTe-based 2D topological insulators. / Rahim, Abdur; Gusev, G. M.; Kvon, Z. D. и др.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Energy relaxation of hot carriers near the charge neutrality point in HgTe-based 2D topological insulators
AU - Rahim, Abdur
AU - Gusev, G. M.
AU - Kvon, Z. D.
AU - Olshanetsky, E. B.
AU - Mikhailov, N. N.
AU - Dvoretsky, S. A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2019 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2019/2/1
Y1 - 2019/2/1
N2 - We present experimental results of non-linear transport in HgTe-based 2D topological insulators, where the conductance is dominated by Dirac-like helical edge states when the Fermi level is pinned to the bulk insulating gap. We find that hot carrier's energy relaxation is faster close to the charge neutrality point (CNP) which can be attributed to localized nature and incompressibility of charge puddles resulting from inhomogeneous charge distribution near CNP. The tunnel-coupling of these puddles (quantum dots) to 1D edge channels can randomize phase memory leading to incoherent inelastic processes. Hot edge carriers, excited by the electric field, relax to equilibrium via thermalization in multiple puddles resulting in the emission of phonons in the puddles. At relatively low temperature (T ≤ 10 K), the energy relaxation time shows strong temperature dependence (τε ∝ (Te −5)), which is interpreted as small angle scattering, consistent with resistance saturation at low temperatures.
AB - We present experimental results of non-linear transport in HgTe-based 2D topological insulators, where the conductance is dominated by Dirac-like helical edge states when the Fermi level is pinned to the bulk insulating gap. We find that hot carrier's energy relaxation is faster close to the charge neutrality point (CNP) which can be attributed to localized nature and incompressibility of charge puddles resulting from inhomogeneous charge distribution near CNP. The tunnel-coupling of these puddles (quantum dots) to 1D edge channels can randomize phase memory leading to incoherent inelastic processes. Hot edge carriers, excited by the electric field, relax to equilibrium via thermalization in multiple puddles resulting in the emission of phonons in the puddles. At relatively low temperature (T ≤ 10 K), the energy relaxation time shows strong temperature dependence (τε ∝ (Te −5)), which is interpreted as small angle scattering, consistent with resistance saturation at low temperatures.
KW - electron-phonon scattering
KW - energy relaxation mechanisms
KW - inelastic processes
KW - Non-linear transport
KW - Topological insulators
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85060287350&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.mee.2018.12.011
DO - 10.1016/j.mee.2018.12.011
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85060287350
VL - 206
SP - 55
EP - 59
JO - Microelectronic Engineering
JF - Microelectronic Engineering
SN - 0167-9317
ER -
ID: 18295759