Terahertz Pump-Probe Study of the Weyl Semimetal TaAs

Published/Posted: May 5, 2017

Authors: Jadidi, M. M.; Mittendorff, M.; Winnerl, S.; Shen, B.; Sushkov, A. B.; Jenkins, G. S.; Ni, N.; Drew, H. D.; Murphy, T. E.

DOI: 10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2017.FF1F.3

Abstract: We use terahertz reflection pump-probe measurements to study carrier dynamics in the newly discovered Weyl semimetal tantalum arsenide (TaAs). Our measurements reveal the relaxation dynamics of intra- and inter-band excited carriers near the Weyl points.

Citation:
M. M. Jadidi, M. Mittendorff, S. Winnerl, B. Shen, A. B. Sushkov, G. S. Jenkins, N. Ni, H. D. Drew and T. E. Murphy, "Terahertz Pump-Probe Study of the Weyl Semimetal TaAs", Conference on Lasers and Electrooptics (CLEO), San Jose, CA (USA) (2017)