• 文献标题:   Intrinsic lifetime of Dirac plasmons in graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   PRINCIPI A, VIGNALE G, CARREGA M, POLINI M
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121 EI 1550-235X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Missouri
  • 被引频次:   53
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.88.195405
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

We calculate the intrinsic lifetime of a Dirac plasmon in a doped graphene sheet by analyzing the role of electron-electron interactions beyond the random phase approximation. The damping mechanism at work is intrinsic since it operates also in disorder-free samples and in the absence of lattice vibrations. We demonstrate that graphene's sublattice-pseudospin degree of freedom suppresses intrinsic plasmon losses with respect to those that occur in ordinary two-dimensional electron liquids. As a byproduct, we are able to present a microscopic calculation of the homogeneous dynamical conductivity at energies below the single-particle absorption threshold.