• 文献标题:   Large photon drag effect of intrinsic graphene induced by plasmonic evanescent field
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LUO M, LI ZB
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   Sun Yat Sen Univ
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.94.235435
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

A large photon drag effect of the massless Dirac fermions in intrinsic graphene is predicted for a graphene-on- plasmonic-layer system. The surface plasmons in the plasmonic layer enlarge the wave number of the photon hundreds times more than in vacuum. The evanescent field of the surface plasmons generates a directional motion of carriers in the intrinsic graphene because of the large momentum transfer from the surface plasmon to the excited carriers. A model Hamiltonian is developed on the assumption that the in-plane wavelength of the surface plasmons is much smaller than the mean free path of the carriers. The time evolution of the density matrix is solved by perturbation method as well as numerical integration. The nondiagonal density matrix elements with momentum transfer lead to a gauge current, which is an optically driven macroscopic direct current. The dependence of the macroscopic direct current on the incident direction and intensity of the laser field is studied.