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Area of Science:

  • Condensed matter physics
  • Materials science
  • Spectroscopy

Background:

  • Electrical transport currents create nonequilibrium states in materials, influencing properties like conductivity and electronic band structure.
  • The effect of current on the electron spectral function, crucial for understanding material properties, remains largely unexplored.
  • Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) is a powerful tool for probing electronic structure but typically measures equilibrium properties.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how electrical current influences the local electron spectral function in materials.
  • To develop a method for simultaneously measuring local equilibrium and nonequilibrium properties under current flow.
  • To correlate material characteristics with electronic behavior at the nanoscale.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) with a nanoscale light spot.
  • Combined spectroscopic measurements with transport measurements on a graphene device.
  • Achieved spatial resolution of 500 nm for local measurements.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated that nanoscale ARPES can access local nonequilibrium spectral functions under electrical current.
  • Successfully correlated structural defects with reduced carrier lifetimes in the spectral function.
  • Linked localized defects to reduced carrier mobility with high spatial resolution.

Conclusions:

  • Nanoscale ARPES is a viable technique for probing local nonequilibrium electronic properties in materials under current.
  • This method enables simultaneous, noninvasive local measurements of composition, structure, many-body effects, and carrier mobility.
  • The study provides a new pathway to understand and engineer materials for electronic applications by correlating defects with electronic transport behavior.