• 文献标题:   Multiple Excitation of Confined Graphene Plasmons by Single Free Electrons
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DE ABAJO FJG
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, plasmon, multiple plasmon excitation, electron energy los, quantum plasmonic, nanophotonic
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   ICFO Inst Ciencies Foton
  • 被引频次:   48
  • DOI:   10.1021/nn405367e
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

We show that free electrons can efficiently excite plasmons in doped graphene with probabilities in the order of one per electron. More precisely, we predict multiple excitations of a single confined plasmon mode in graphene nanostructures. These unprecedentedly large electron-plasmon couplings are explained using a simple scaling law and further investigated through a general quantum description of the electron plasmon interaction. From a fundamental viewpoint, multiple plasmon excitations by a single electron provide a unique platform for exploring the bosonic quantum nature of these collective modes. Not only does our study open a viable path toward multiple excitation of a single plasmon mode by a single electron, but it also reveals electron probes as ideal tools for producing, detecting, and manipulating plasmons in graphene nanostructures.