• 文献标题:   Current injection by coherent one- and two-photon excitation in graphene and its bilayer
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   RIOUX J, BURKARD G, SIPE JE
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Toronto
  • 被引频次:   35
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.83.195406
  • 出版年:   2011

▎ 摘  要

Coherent control of optically injected carrier distributions in single and bilayer graphene allows the injection of electrical currents. Using a tight-binding model and Fermi's golden rule, we derive the carrier and photocurrent densities achieved via interference of the quantum amplitudes for two-photon absorption at a fundamental frequency,., and one-photon absorption at the second harmonic, 2 omega. Strong currents are injected under co-circular and linear polarizations. In contrast, opposite-circular polarization yields no net current. For single-layer graphene, the magnitude of the current is unaffected by the rotation of linear-polarization axes, in contrast with the bilayer and with conventional semiconductors. The dependence of the photocurrent on the linear-polarization axes is a clear and measurable signature of interlayer coupling in AB-stacked multilayer graphene. We also find that single and bilayer graphene exhibit a strong, distinct linear-circular dichroism in two-photon absorption.