학술논문

PT-Symmetric Terahertz Photoconductivity in Hg1-xCdxTe
Document Type
Conference
Source
2019 44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz) Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2019 44th International Conference on. :1-2 Sep, 2019
Subject
Aerospace
Bioengineering
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Photonics and Electrooptics
Photoconductivity
Magnetic fields
Probes
Films
Temperature measurement
Free electron lasers
Language
ISSN
2162-2035
Abstract
We show that the terahertz photoconductivity in Hg 1-x Cd x Te-based films with the inversed band structure corresponding to the topological phase is asymmetric in magnetic field which may be considered as a T-symmetry breaking. Beside that, the photoconductivity is asymmetric for two mirror-symmetric pairs of potential probes which may be treated as a P- symmetry breaking. At the same time, the photoconductivity remains intact upon simultaneous swapping of both magnetic field and potential probe couple revealing thus the PT-symmetry.