• 文献标题:   Effect of cooling of electron-hole plasma in electrically pumped graphene layer structures with split gates
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHANG YP, LIU LY, CHEN Q, FENG ZH, WANG JL, ZHANG X, ZHANG HY, ZHANG HY
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, nip structure, effective temperature, dynamic conductivity
  • 出版物名称:   ACTA PHYSICA SINICA
  • ISSN:   1000-3290
  • 通讯作者地址:   Shandong Univ Sci Technol
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.7498/aps.62.097202
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

We have studied the effect of population inversion associated with the electron and hole injection in graphene layer n-i-p structures with split gates at room temperature. Considering the transverse electric field screening of the n-section, we calculated the dependence of the electron-hole effective temperature and optical phonon effective temperature on the gate-voltage. It is shown that the injection can lead to cooling of the electron-hole plasma in n-section to the temperatures lower than the lattice temperature. The current-voltage characteristics, and the frequency-dependent dynamic conductivity are calculated, the frequency-dependent dynamic conductivity can be negative in the terahertz frequency range at a certain applied voltage. The study demonstrates that electron-hole plasma cooling can enhance the negative dynamic conductivity effect and improve the feasibility of terahertz lasing.