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铁电半导体Sn $_x$ Pb $_{1-x}$ Te的太赫兹晶格和电荷动力学

Terahertz lattice and charge dynamics in ferroelectric semiconductor Sn$_x$Pb$_{1-x}$Te

Y. Okamura, H. Handa, R. Yoshimi, A. Tsukazaki, K. S. Takahashi, M. Kawasaki, Y. Tokura, Y. Takahashi

摘要:

铁电相变引起的对称性破缺往往会引发类铁电金属/半金属中出现Weyl费米子等拓扑电子态。因此,晶格变形和电子态之间的这种强耦合对于控制新颖的拓扑相是至关重要的。本文利用太赫兹时域光谱研究了具有多种拓扑相的铁电半导体SnxPb 1-xTe薄膜的太赫兹晶格和电荷动力学。随着温度的降低,横光学声子的共振频率出现明显的软化和上升。这种晶格动力学的温度异常直接表明了位移型铁电相变。所得的相图表明,铁电性的增强,由于压缩应变的薄膜相比,散装晶体。即使在金属状态下,软声子也会导致大的直流和太赫兹介电常数。此外,我们还发现软声子模的玻恩有效电荷在组成附近增强,表明与拓扑转变相关的带隙闭合。

英文摘要:

The symmetry breaking induced by the ferroelectric transition often triggers the emergence of topological electronic states such as Weyl fermions in ferroelectric-like metals/semimetals. Such strong coupling between the lattice deformation and electronic states is therefore essentially important for the control of novel topological phases. Here, we study the terahertz lattice and charge dynamics in ferroelectric semiconductor SnxPb1-xTe thin films hosting versatile topological phases by means of the terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. With lowering the temperature, the resonant frequency of transverse optical phonon shows the significant softening and upturn. This temperature anomaly of lattice dynamics directly indicates the displacive-type ferroelectric transition. The resulting phase diagram suggests the enhancement of ferroelectricity in the films due to compressive strain compared with the bulk crystals. The soft phonon induces the large DC and terahertz dielectric constant even in metallic state. Furthermore, we find that the Born effective charge of soft phonon mode is enhanced at around the compositions showing the band gap closing associated with the topological transition.

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