• 文献标题:   NUMERICAL COMPUTATION OF DYNAMICAL SCHWINGER-LIKE PAIR PRODUCTION IN GRAPHENE
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   FILLIONGOURDEAU F, BLAIN P, GAGNON D, LEFEBVRE C, MACLEAN S
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, pair production, dirac equation, schwinger mechanism
  • 出版物名称:   RUSSIAN PHYSICS JOURNAL
  • ISSN:   1064-8887 EI 1573-9228
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Quebec
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1007/s11182-017-0990-1
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

The density of electron-hole pairs produced in a graphene sample immersed in a homogeneous time-dependent electric field is evaluated. Because low energy charge carriers in graphene are described by relativistic quantum mechanics, the calculation is performed within the strong field quantum electrodynamics formalism, requiring a solution of the Dirac equation in momentum space. The equation is solved using a split-operator numerical scheme on parallel computers, allowing for the investigation of several field configurations. The strength of the method is illustrated by computing the electron momentum density generated from a realistic laser pulse model. We observe quantum interference patterns reminiscent of Landau-Zener-Stuckelberg interferometry.