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Optical investigation of the thermoelectric topological crystalline insulator Pb 0.77 Sn 0.23 Se

Author(s): Reijnders, Anjan A.; Hamilton, Jason; Britto, Vivian; Brubach, Jean-Blaise; Roy, Pascale; et al

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dc.contributor.authorReijnders, Anjan A.-
dc.contributor.authorHamilton, Jason-
dc.contributor.authorBritto, Vivian-
dc.contributor.authorBrubach, Jean-Blaise-
dc.contributor.authorRoy, Pascale-
dc.contributor.authorGibson, Quinn D.-
dc.contributor.authorCava, Robert Joseph-
dc.contributor.authorBurch, Kenneth S.-
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-27T18:31:36Z-
dc.date.available2020-10-27T18:31:36Z-
dc.date.issued2014-12en_US
dc.identifier.citationReijnders, Anjan A., Hamilton, Jason, Britto, Vivian, Brubach, Jean-Blaise, Roy, Pascale, Gibson, Quinn D., Cava, R.J., Burch, K.S. (2014). Optical investigation of the thermoelectric topological crystalline insulator. Physical Review B, 90 (23), 10.1103/PhysRevB.90.235144en_US
dc.identifier.issn1098-0121-
dc.identifier.urihttp://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr1r80b-
dc.descriptionPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. Volume 90, Issue 23, 23 December 2014, Article number 235144.en_US
dc.description.abstractPb0.77Sn0.23Se is a promising thermoelectric alloy that exhibits a temperature dependent band inversion below 300 K. Recent work has shown that this band inversion also coincides with a trivial to nontrivial topological phase transition. To understand how the properties critical to thermoelectric efficiency are affected by the band inversion, we measured the broadband optical response of Pb0.77Sn0.23Se as a function of temperature. We find clear optical signatures suggesting the band inversion occurs at 160±15 K, and use the extended Drude model to accurately determine a T3/2 dependence of the bulk carrier lifetime, associated with electron-acoustic phonon scattering. Due to the high bulk carrier doping level, no discriminating signatures of the topological surface states are found, although their presence cannot be excluded from our data. © 2014 American Physical Society.en_US
dc.format.extent90.23:235144-1 - 235144-9en_US
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dc.relation.ispartofPhysical Review Ben_US
dc.rightsFinal published version. Article is made available in OAR by the publisher's permission or policy.en_US
dc.titleOptical investigation of the thermoelectric topological crystalline insulator Pb 0.77 Sn 0.23 Seen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.1103/PhysRevB.90.235144-
dc.date.eissued2014-12-23en_US
dc.identifier.eissn1550-235X-
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