Ultrafast Processes in Graphene: From Fundamental Manybody Interactions to Device Applications
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2017

A joint experiment-theory investigation of the carrier dynamics in graphene, in particular in the energetic vicinity of the Dirac point, is reviewed. Radiation of low photon energy is employed in order to match the intrinsic energy scales of the material, i.e. the optical phonon energy (similar to 200 meV) and the Fermi energy (10-20 meV), respectively. Significant slower carrier cooling is predicted and observed for photon energies below the optical phonon energy. Furthermore, a strongly anisotropic distribution of electrons in k-space upon excitation with linearly polarized radiation is discussed. Depending on photon energy, the anisotropic distribution decays either rapidly via optical phonon emission, or slowly via non-collinear Coulomb scattering. Finally, a room temperature operated ultra-broadband hot-electron bolometer is demonstrated. It covers the spectral range from the THz to visible region with a single detector element featuring a response time of 40ps.

graphene

ultrafast spectroscopy

broadband detection

carrier dynamics

Författare

S. Winnerl

M. Mittendorff

J. C. Konig-Otto

H. Schneider

M. Helm

T. Winzer

A. Knorr

Ermin Malic

Chalmers, Fysik, Kondenserade materiens teori

Annalen der Physik

0003-3804 (ISSN) 1521-3889 (eISSN)

Vol. 529 11 1700022

Ämneskategorier

Atom- och molekylfysik och optik

DOI

10.1002/andp.201700022

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