• 文献标题:   Spectroscopic characterization of gapped graphene in the presence of circularly polarized light
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GUMBS G, ROSLYAK O, HUANG D, BALASSIS A
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, plasmon excitation, electron energy los, dressed dirac electron
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF MODERN OPTICS
  • ISSN:   0950-0340 EI 1362-3044
  • 通讯作者地址:   CUNY
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1080/09500340.2011.601330
  • 出版年:   2011

▎ 摘  要

We present a description of the energy loss of a charged particle moving parallel to a graphene layer and graphene double layers. Specifically, we compare the stopping power of the plasma oscillations for these two configurations in the absence as well as the presence of circularly polarized light whose frequency and intensity can be varied to yield an energy gap of several hundred meV between the valence and conduction bands. The dressed states of the Dirac electrons by the photons yield collective plasma excitations whose characteristics are qualitatively and quantitatively different from those produced by Dirac fermions in gapless graphene, due in part to the finite effective mass of the dressed electrons. For example, the range of wave numbers for undamped self-sustaining plasmons is increased as the gap is increased, thereby increasing the stopping power of graphene for some range of charged particle velocity when graphene is radiated by circularly polarized light.