Table 1 Symmetry chart of Ghelical and Gphoton compared to edge photocurrent phenomena

From: Spin Hall photoconductance in a three-dimensional topological insulator at room temperature

 

G helical

G photo

I edge

Vsd– Vsd

−1

−1

0

σ+σ

−1

+1

−1

kphoton kphoton

+1

+1

+1

left edge → right edge

−1

+1

−1

  1. Symmetry characteristics of ΔGhelical, Gphoto, and edge photocurrent effects Iedge for changing Vsd to −Vsd, σ+ to σ,, kphoton to −kphoton, and the excitation position from the left to the right edge of the BTS platelets. A value −1 states a sign change under the symmetry operation, while + 1 states a sign conservation. The value 0 denotes that Iedge is independent from j and the bias.