Papers by Keyword: Bilayer Graphene

Abstract: We have investigated dynamical conductivity of graphene based systems; Single Layer Graphene (SLG), Bilayer Graphene (BLG) and Single Layer Gapped Graphene (SLGG), at zero and finite temperatures by taking into the account screening effects within the Random Phase Approximation (RPA). Rσq,ω and Rσq,ω show peaks that correspond to single particle excitations (SPE) and collective excitations (CE) respectively. In SLG, SPE positions are observed at ωħ≈0.5εf,εf∧1.5εf for q0.5kf,kf∧1.5kf respectively for all values of temperature. The peak height increases with increasing electron momentum and temperature. We noticed that for finite momentumq0.5kf∧kf, the peak height is maximum for T=0K and minimum for T=0.5Tf while that for T=Tf is intermediate. We also noticed that Rσq,ω peaks are blue shifted at high temperature for all graphene systems. In case of BLG, Landau undamped peak has been observed at T=0 for finite momentumq=0.3kf which becomes smooth at T=0.5Tf∧Tf. For q=0.8kf, Landau damped plasmon peaks have also been observed for all values of temperature. No major changes are observed in case of SLGG, with respect to SPE and CE peaks positions and heights specifically due to small change in band gap value incorporated here.

Abstract: Apart from its promising new material for technological innovations and applications, graphene offers a new and novel physics. In recent past, both single layer and bilayer Graphene have extensively been studied. Properties of Graphene sharply differ from that of 2DEG observed in doped semiconductor heterostructures. One of the important properties requisite for device making is charge transport. It has been suggested that considering a scattering mechanism based on screened charged impurities, one can obtain from a Boltzmann equation approach a conductivity that agrees with the experimental result on graphene. In this paper, we present a calculation of electron-impurity scattering rate, as a function of quasi particle energy ε measured from Fermi energy εf, in doped bilayer graphene for both high temperature TTf and low temperature TTf regimes. In the low temperature limit, we observe dip at normalized energy y=1.0, which is absent in the high temperature limit. Our numerical calculation shows that scattering rate remains almost constant with temperature in both regimes.

Abstract: We demonstrate that bilayer graphene exhibits strong nonlinear optical response in the terahertz frequency regime. The electric field strength required to generate single-frequency and triple-frequency nonlinear optical responses comparable to the linear optical response is only moderate and can be easily achieved in laboratory. This strong nonlinear optical response persists even in room temperature. This suggests that bilayer graphene can potentially be utilized in nonlinear terahertz photonics.