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Weyl半金属WTe2中的非线性光学霍尔效应

Nonlinear optical Hall effect in Weyl semimetal WTe2

Young-Gwan Choi, Manh-Ha Doan, Youngkuk Kim, Gyung-Min Choi

AI总结:

本研究在室温无外加磁场的Weyl半金属WTe2中观察到非线性光学霍尔效应(非线性Kerr旋转),定量确定了其各向异性的四阶极化率,并通过对称性分析证明其源于Berry曲率六极矩,同时揭示了潜在的隐藏相。

摘要:

普通霍尔效应是指在存在面外磁场的情况下,施加电场时会产生横向电压。虽然通过施加外部磁场或其固有磁化破坏时间反演对称性的系统中通常观察到线性霍尔效应1, 2,但非线性霍尔效应通常可以发生在与非零Berry曲率偶极相关的非磁性系统中3。在此,我们报告了在未施加磁场的室温条件下,在Weyl半金属WTe2中观察到非线性光学霍尔效应。我们观察到一种光学霍尔效应,导致反射光的偏振发生旋转,这被称为非线性Kerr旋转。非线性Kerr旋转线性依赖于电荷电流和光功率,这体现了四阶非线性。我们定量确定了四阶极化率,该极化率表现出强烈的各向异性,取决于电荷电流和光偏振的方向。利用Berry曲率多极矩的对称性分析,我们证明非线性Kerr旋转可以源于WTe2晶体对称性所允许的Berry曲率六极矩。此外,还存在与这些对称性不相符的微弱信号,这暗示了与该非线性过程相关的一个隐藏相。

英文摘要:

The ordinary Hall effect refers to generation of a transverse voltage upon exertion of an electric field in the presence of an out-of-plane magnetic field. While a linear Hall effect is commonly observed in systems with breaking time-reversal symmetry via an applied external magnetic field or their intrinsic magnetization1, 2, a nonlinear Hall effect can generically occur in non-magnetic systems associated with a nonvanishing Berry curvature dipole3. Here we report, observations of a nonlinear optical Hall effect in a Weyl semimetal WTe2 without an applied magnetic field at room temperature. We observe an optical Hall effect resulting in a polarization rotation of the reflected light, referred to as the nonlinear Kerr rotation. The nonlinear Kerr rotation linearly depends on the charge current and optical power, which manifests the fourth-order nonlinearity. We quantitatively determine the fourth-order susceptibility, which exhibits strong anisotropy depending on the directions of the charge current and the light polarization. Employing symmetry analysis of Berry curvature multipoles, we demonstrate that the nonlinear Kerr rotations can arise from the Berry curvature hexapole allowed by the crystalline symmetries of WTe2. There also exist marginal signals that are incompatible with the symmetries, which suggest a hidden phase associated with the nonlinear process.

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