Light-induced giant enhancement of nonreciprocal transport at KTaO<sub>3</sub>-based interfaces.
basic_science · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 38582768.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/s41467-024-47231-6 and PMC identifier 10998845.
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Abstract
Nonlinear transport is a unique functionality of noncentrosymmetric systems, which reflects profound physics, such as spin-orbit interaction, superconductivity and band geometry. However, it remains highly challenging to enhance the nonreciprocal transport for promising rectification devices. Here, we observe a light-induced giant enhancement of nonreciprocal transport at the superconducting and epitaxial CaZrO<sub>3</sub>/KTaO<sub>3</sub> (111) interfaces. The nonreciprocal transport coefficient undergoes a giant increase with three orders of magnitude up to 10<sup>5 </sup>A<sup>-1</sup> T<sup>-1</sup>. Furthermore, a strong Rashba spin-orbit coupling effective field of 14.7 T is achieved with abundant high-mobility photocarriers under ultraviolet illumination, which accounts for the giant enhancement of nonreciprocal transport coefficient. Our first-principles calculations further disclose the stronger Rashba spin-orbit coupling strength and the longer relaxation time in the photocarrier excitation process, bridging the light-property quantitative relationship. Our work provides an alternative pathway to boost nonreciprocal transport in noncentrosymmetric systems and facilitates the promising applications in opto-rectification devices and spin-orbitronic devices.