• 文献标题:   Energy relaxation in graphene and its measurement with supercurrent
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   VOUTILAINEN J, FAY A, HAKKINEN P, VILJAS JK, HEIKKILA TT, HAKONEN PJ
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121 EI 1550-235X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Aalto Univ
  • 被引频次:   22
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.84.045419
  • 出版年:   2011

▎ 摘  要

We study inelastic energy relaxation in graphene for low energies to find out how electrons scatter with acoustic phonons and other electrons. By coupling the graphene to superconductors, we create a strong dependence of the measured signal, i.e., critical Josephson current, on the electron population on different energy states. Since the relative population of high-and low-energy states is determined by the inelastic scattering processes, the critical current becomes an effective probe for their strength. We argue that the electron-electron interaction is the dominant relaxation method and we estimate a scattering time tau(e-e) = 0.1 ... 1 ps at T = 500 mK, 1-2 orders of magnitude smaller than predicted for normal two-dimensional diffusive systems.