• 文献标题:   Non-equilibrium Dirac carrier dynamics in graphene investigated with time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GIERZ I, LINK S, STARKE U, CAVALLERI A
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  • 出版物名称:   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS
  • ISSN:   1359-6640 EI 1364-5498
  • 通讯作者地址:   Max Planck Inst Struct Dynam Matter
  • 被引频次:   11
  • DOI:   10.1039/c4fd00020j
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

We have used time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (tr-ARPES) to assess the influence of many-body interactions on the Dirac carrier dynamics in graphene. From the energy-dependence of the measured scattering rates we directly determine the imaginary part of the self-energy, visualizing the existence of a relaxation bottleneck associated with electron-phonon coupling. A comparison with static line widths obtained by high-resolution ARPES indicates that the dynamics of photo-excited carriers in graphene are solely determined by the equilibrium self-energy. Furthermore, the subtle interplay of different many-body interactions in graphene may allow for carrier multiplication, where the absorption of a single photon generates more than one electron-hole pair via impact ionization. We find that, after photo-excitation, the number of carriers in the conduction band along the GK-direction keeps increasing for about 40 fs after the pump pulse is gone. A definite proof of carrier multiplication in graphene, however, requires a more systematic study, carefully taking into account the contribution of momentum relaxation on the measured rise time.