Nonlinear optical probe of tunable surface electrons on a topological insulator

Details Nonlinear optical probe of tunable surface electrons on a topological insulator Nonlinear optical probe of tunable surface electrons on a topological insulator

2011-01-07

arxiv.org/abs/1101.1541v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.057401

We use ultrafast laser pulses to experimentally demonstrate that the second-order optical response of bulk single crystals of the topological insulator Bi$_2$Se$_3$ is sensitive to its surface electrons. By performing surface doping dependence measurements as a function of photon polarization and sample orientation we show that second harmonic generation can simultaneously probe both the surface crystalline structure and the surface charge of Bi$_2$Se$_3$. Furthermore, we find that second harmonic generation using circularly polarized photons reveals the time-reversal symmetry properties of the system and is surprisingly robust against surface charging, which makes it a promising tool for spectroscopic studies of topological surfaces and buried interfaces.

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