Brown Isaac, Sheffield Matthew, Hewa Walpitage Heshan, Yao Yue, Li Yan, Vardeny Z Valy
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, 115 S 1400 E, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2024 Jun 19;16(24):31696-31702. doi: 10.1021/acsami.4c02419. Epub 2024 Jun 10.
We present time-resolved Kerr rotation (TRKR) spectra in thin films of CHNHPbI (MAPI) hybrid perovskite using a unique picosecond microscopy technique at 4 K having a spatial resolution of 2 μm and temporal resolution of 1 ps, subjected to both an in-plane applied magnetic field up to 700 mT and an electric field up to 10 V/cm. We demonstrate that the obtained TRKR dynamics and spectra are substantially inhomogeneous across the MAPI films with prominent resonances at the exciton energy and interband transition of this compound. From the obtained quantum beating response as a function of magnetic field in the Voigt configuration, we also extract the inhomogeneity of the electron and hole Lande -values and spin coherence time, *. We also report the TRKR dependence on both the applied magnetic field and electric field. From the change in the quantum beating dynamics, we found that * substantially decreases upon the application of an electric field. At the same time, from the induced spatial TRKR changes, we show that the electric field induced effects are caused by ion migration in the MAPI films.