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Ultrafast nonlinear optical response of Dirac fermions in graphene
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Autor/a:
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Baudisch, Matthias; Marini, Andrea; Cox, Joel D.; Zhu, Tony; Silva, Francisco; Teichmann, Stephan; Massicotte, Mathieu; Koppens, Frank; Levitov, Leonid S.; García de Abajo, F. Javier; Biegert, Jens
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Otros autores:
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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Ciències Fotòniques |
Abstract:
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The speed of solid-state electronic devices, determined by the temporal dynamics of charge
carriers, could potentially reach unprecedented petahertz frequencies through direct
manipulation by optical fields, consisting in a million-fold increase from state-of-the-art
technology. In graphene, charge carrier manipulation is facilitated by exceptionally strong
coupling to optical fields, from which stems an important back-action of photoexcited carriers.
Here we investigate the instantaneous response of graphene to ultrafast optical fields,
elucidating the role of hot carriers on sub-100 fs timescales. The measured nonlinear
response and its dependence on interaction time and field polarization reveal the back-action
of hot carriers over timescales commensurate with the optical field. An intuitive picture is
given for the carrier trajectories in response to the optical-field polarization state. We note
that the peculiar interplay between optical fields and charge carriers in graphene may also
apply to surface states in topological insulators with similar Dirac cone dispersion relations. |
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Peer Reviewed |
Materia(s):
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-Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física -Graphene -graphene -Grafè |
Derechos:
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spain
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ |
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Artículo - Versión publicada Artículo |
Editor:
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Nature
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