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Spin, time, and angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy on WTe_{2}

Authors :
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
Karol Hricovini
Source :
Physical Review Research, Vol 2, Iss 1, p 013261 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
American Physical Society, 2020.

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.

Subjects

Subjects :
Physics
QC1-999

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
26431564
Volume :
2
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Physical Review Research
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.977925e16ee3444aafa71f0496484dfd
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.013261