• 文献标题:   Quantum-critical conductivity of the Dirac fluid in graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GALLAGHER P, YANG CS, LYU TR, TIAN FL, KOU R, ZHANG H, WATANABE K, TANIGUCHI T, WANG F
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  • 出版物名称:   SCIENCE
  • ISSN:   0036-8075 EI 1095-9203
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Calif Berkeley
  • 被引频次:   27
  • DOI:   10.1126/science.aat8687
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Graphene near charge neutrality is expected to behave like a quantum-critical, relativistic plasma-the "Dirac fluid"-in which massless electrons and holes collide at a rapid rate. We used on-chip terahertz spectroscopy to measure the frequency-dependent optical conductivity of clean, micrometer-scale graphene at electron temperatures between 77 and 300 kelvin. At charge neutrality, we observed the quantum-critical scattering rate characteristic of the Dirac fluid. At higher doping, we detected two distinct current-carrying modes with zero and nonzero total momenta, a manifestation of relativistic hydrodynamics. Our work reveals the quantum criticality and unusual dynamic excitations near charge neutrality in graphene.