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Mirror-image crystals reverse the direction of light-driven currents
Source: Phys.org · Published

The circular photogalvanic effect (CPGE), a phenomenon that generates helicity-dependent photocurrents in noncentrosymmetric materials, can originate purely from a crystal's internal structure…
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