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Electron-electron interactions and doping dependence of the two-phonon Raman intensity in graphene

Materials Science 2015-05-13 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

Raman spectroscopy is a fast, non-destructive means to characterize graphene samples. In particular, the Raman spectra show a significant dependence on doping. While the change in position and width of the G peak can be explained by the non-adiabatic Kohn anomaly at Γ\Gamma, the significant doping dependence of the 2D peak intensity has not been explained yet. Here we show that this is due to a combination of electron-phonon and electron-electron scattering. Under full resonance, the photogenerated electron-hole pairs can scatter not just with phonons, but also with doping-induced electrons or holes, and this changes the intensity. We explain the doping dependence and show how it can be used to determine the corresponding electron-phonon coupling. This is higher than predicted by density-functional theory, as a consequence of renormalization by Coulomb interactions.

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@article{arxiv.0906.0975,
  title  = {Electron-electron interactions and doping dependence of the two-phonon Raman intensity in graphene},
  author = {D. M. Basko and S. Piscanec and A. C. Ferrari},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.0975},
  year   = {2015}
}

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