Title :
Ultrafast carrier dynamics in graphene using intense terahertz pulses
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Integrated Cell-Mater. Sci., Kyoto Univ., Kyoto, Japan
Abstract :
We investigated ultrafast dynamics of Dirac electrons under a high electric field in graphene combining strong THz pulses and ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy. Comparison with semi-classical Boltzmann equation clarifies efficient impact ionization process.
Keywords :
electric field effects; graphene; high-speed optical techniques; terahertz wave spectra; C; Dirac electrons; graphene; high electric field; impact ionization process; intense terahertz pulses; ultrafast carrier dynamics; ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy; Absorption; Electric fields; Graphene; Materials; Nonlinear optics; Transient analysis; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995269