Shift photocurrent vortices from topological polarization textures

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2408.04017v1
• Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 18:04:12 GMT
• Title: Shift photocurrent vortices from topological polarization textures
• Authors: Aneesh Agarwal, Wojciech J. Jankowski, Daniel Bennett, Robert-Jan Slager,
• Abstract summary: We show that topological polarization textures result in exotic nonlinear optical responses in vdW materials. Our findings highlight the interplay between complex polarization textures and nonlinear optical responses in vdW materials.
• Score: 1.9061794107146373
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Following the recent interest in van der Waals (vdW) ferroelectrics, topologically nontrivial polar structures have been predicted to form in twisted bilayers. Due to the unconventional nature of vdW ferroelectricity, these topological polar structures have proven difficult to observe experimentally. Here we propose that these textures may be probed optically by showing that topological polarization textures result in exotic nonlinear optical responses. We derive this relationship analytically using non-Abelian Berry connections and a quantum-geometric framework, supported by tight-binding and first-principles calculations. For the case of moir\'e materials without centrosymmetry, which form networks of polar merons and antimerons, the shift photoconductivity forms a vortex-like structure in real space. For a range of frequencies where transitions occur at the Brillouin zone edge, the shift photocurrents are anti-parallel to the in-plane electronic polarization field. Our findings highlight the interplay between complex polarization textures and nonlinear optical responses in vdW materials and provide a sought-after strategy for the experimental detection of topological polarization structures.

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