Persistent optical gating of a topological insulator

Abstract

A flexible, bidirectional optical effect in SrTiO 3 allows us to write and erase tiny p-n junctions in a topological insulator.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Oct 02, 2015
Source ID
10.1126/sciadv.1500640

Entities

People

  • Andrew L Yeats
  • Anthony Richardella
  • David Awschalom
  • Nitin Samarth
  • Peter J Mintun
  • Yu Pan

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Army Research Office
  • National Science Foundation
  • Office of Naval Research
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • University of California
  • University of Chicago

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene