Femtosecond laser-induced crystallization of amorphous Sb2Te3 film and coherent phonon spectroscopy characterization and optical injection of electron spins

A femtosecond laser-irradiated crystallizing technique is tried to convert amorphous Sb2Te3 film into crystalline film. Sensitive coherent phonon spectroscopy (CPS) is used to monitor the crystallization of amorphous Sb2Te3 film at the original irradiation site. The CPS reveals that the vibration st...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of applied physics 2011-09, Vol.110 (5)
Hauptverfasser: Li, Simian, Huang, Huan, Zhu, Weiling, Wang, Wenfang, Chen, Ke, Yao, Dao-xin, Wang, Yang, Lai, Tianshu, Wu, Yiqun, Gan, Fuxi
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A femtosecond laser-irradiated crystallizing technique is tried to convert amorphous Sb2Te3 film into crystalline film. Sensitive coherent phonon spectroscopy (CPS) is used to monitor the crystallization of amorphous Sb2Te3 film at the original irradiation site. The CPS reveals that the vibration strength of two phonon modes that correspond to the characteristic phonon modes (A1g1 and Eg) of crystalline Sb2Te3 enhances with increasing laser irradiation fluence (LIF), showing the rise of the degree of crystallization with LIF and that femtosecond laser irradiation is a good post-treatment technique. Time-resolved circularly polarized pump-probe spectroscopy is used to investigate electron spin relaxation dynamics of the laser-induced crystallized Sb2Te3 film. Spin relaxation process indeed is observed, confirming the theoretical predictions on the validity of spin-dependent optical transition selection rule and the feasibility of transient spin-grating-based optical detection scheme of spin-plasmon collective modes in Sb2Te3-like topological insulators.
ISSN:0021-8979
1089-7550
DOI:10.1063/1.3633228