Bismuth selenide belongs to a class of topological insulators---materials characterized by a intriguing electronic band structure, with a characteristic Dirac conical band on the surface. In this master thesis, the optical response of this material is explored in the infrared spectral range and in a broad range of magnetic fields. We mainly focus on the absorption of light due to free charge carriers having, when the magnetic field is applied, a form of cyclotron resonance. We find that the experimentally observed response is consistent with expectations for massive electrons in bulk rather than massless particles on the surface.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:320119 |
Date | January 2017 |
Creators | Hlavička, Ivo |
Contributors | Dubroka, Adam, Bartošík, Miroslav |
Publisher | Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství |
Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
Language | Czech |
Detected Language | English |
Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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