1. Spin, time, and angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy on WTe_{2}
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Mauro Fanciulli, Jakub Schusser, Min-I Lee, Zakariae El Youbi, Olivier Heckmann, Maria Christine Richter, Cephise Cacho, Carlo Spezzani, David Bresteau, Jean-François Hergott, Pascal D'Oliveira, Olivier Tcherbakoff, Thierry Ruchon, Jan Minár, and Karol Hricovini
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Physics ,QC1-999 - Abstract
We combined a spin resolved photoemission spectrometer with a high-harmonic generation (HHG) laser source in order to perform spin, time, and angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy (STARPES) experiments on the transition metal dichalcogenide bulk WTe_{2}, a possible Weyl type-II semimetal. Measurements at different femtosecond pump-probe delays and comparison with spin resolved one-step photoemission calculations provide insight into the spin polarization of electrons above the Fermi level in the region where Weyl points of WTe_{2} are expected. We observe a spin accumulation above the Weyl points region, which is consistent with a spin-selective bottleneck effect due to the presence of spin-polarized conelike electronic structure. Our results support the feasibility of STARPES with HHG, which despite being experimentally challenging provides a unique way to study spin dynamics in photoemission.
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- 2020
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