We are pleased to inform you that the seminar will be held as follows.
Please see below for details. We look forward to your participation.

Speaker：Prof. Liang Wu
Affiliation：University of Pennsylvania
Title：New Photo-galvanic effects
Date and Time： October 14th, 2025 (Tuesday) 15:00-
Place：Seminar Room C, 3rd floor, Engineering Bldg. 6
URL：https://www.ap.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/info/seminar/entry-692.html

The conventional device to convert light to electrical current uses two different kinds of doped silicon merged together known as pn junction or heterostructures. The current only flows one way in the pn junction due to a built-in electric field. Fabricating such heterostructures requires sophisticated thin film deposition methods. In contrast, the bulk photovoltaic effect, also called the photo-galvanic effect, describes the electric current generation in a homogeneous material under light illumination. I will describe the quantum mechanical mechanism of the photo-galvanic effect, how it is different from the conventional pn junction in solar cells, and why it could be used to reach a higher energy conversion efficiency. Then I will also show two examples of new photo-galvanic effects from Berry curvature in chiral topological semimetals and quantum metric in magnets.

Introducing teacher：森本 高裕 准教授（物理工学専攻）、村上 修一 教授（物理工学専攻）