Optical vorticity from nontrivial Chern numbers enhances electron-impurity skew scattering in topological materials, yielding a ballistic photovoltaic current whose frequency scaling and tensor constraints depend on topological class, defect symmetry, and polarization.
Giant nonlinear conductivity in 2D electron gas from substrate-induced dipolar scattering
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Despite a surge of interest in the nonlinear transport in 2D materials, a fundamental puzzle remains: existing theoretical frameworks are unable to quantitatively account for the giant nonlinear conductivities ($\gtrsim 1 \frac{\mu \text{m}}{\Omega \text{V}}$) recently reported in 2D van der Waals heterostructures. Here, we introduce a mechanism based on electron scattering from a substrate-induced periodic dipole array. We show that the strict kinematic constraints, inherent to 2D scattering, lead to a singular enhancement of the nonlinear response, fundamentally dictating a natural scale of $1 \frac{\mu \text{m}}{\Omega \text{V}}$.
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Vortex-enhanced photovoltaic current in disordered topological materials
Optical vorticity from nontrivial Chern numbers enhances electron-impurity skew scattering in topological materials, yielding a ballistic photovoltaic current whose frequency scaling and tensor constraints depend on topological class, defect symmetry, and polarization.