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We theoretically investigate charged collective modes in a two-dimensional conductor with hot electrons where the instantaneous mode frequencies gradually increase or decrease with time. We show that the loss compensation or even…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-10-31 Zhiyuan Sun , D. N. Basov , M. M. Fogler

Among their amazing properties, graphene and related low-dimensional materials show quantized charge-density fluctuations--known as plasmons--when exposed to photons or electrons of suitable energies. Graphene nanoribbons offer an enhanced…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-09-14 Cristian Vacacela Gomes , Michele Pisarra , Mario Gravina , Jose M. Pitarke , Antonello Sindona

We develop an analytical method to find plasmons generated by microwaves in a two-dimensional electron gas with defects. The excitations are expressed in terms of the wake field of a charged particle moving in plasma. The result explicitly…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-07-19 Eduard Takhtamirov , Roderick V. N. Melnik

Mechanism of transient population inversion in graphene with multi-splitted (interdigitated) top-gate and grounded back gate is suggested and examined for the mid-infrared (mid-IR) spectral region. Efficient stimulated emission after fast…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 A. Satou , F. T. Vasko , T. Otsuji , V. V. Mitin

We predict the coexistence of both TE- and TM-polarized localized electromagnetic waves that can propagate \emph{in the same frequency range} along a graphene layer inserted in a photonic crystal. In addition, we studied the excitation of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-08-14 Yu. O. Averkov , V. M. Yakovenko , V. A. Yampol'skii , Franco Nori

High level of dissipation in normal metals makes challenging development of active and passive plasmonic devices. One possible solution to this problem is to use alternative materials. Graphene is a good candidate for plasmonics in near…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-07-13 Yu. E. Lozovik , I. A. Nechepurenko , A. V. Dorofeenko , E. S. Andrianov , N. M. Chtchelkatchev , A. A Pukhov

Time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy is used to investigate formation and ultrafast long-distance propagation of electron-hole plasma in strongly photoexcited GaAs and InP. The observed phenomena involve fundamental interactions of…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-10-23 T. Troha , F. Klimovič , T. Ostatnický , H. Němec , P. Kužel

We show that charge carrier transport in graphene exhibit sharp resonances in the presence of spatially and temporarily modulated scattering. Resonances occur when the period of an applied a-c field corresponds to the time taken by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 Samwel Sekwao , Jean-Pierre Leburton

In this paper, we calculated the dielectric function, the loss function, the magnetoplasmon dispersion relation and the temperature-induced transitions for graphene in a uniform perpendicular magnetic field B. The calculations were…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-04-14 Jhao-Ying Wu , Szu-Chao Chen , Oleksiy Roslyak , Godfrey Gumbs , Ming-Fa Lin

We study Dirac plasmons and their damping in spatially separated $N$-layer graphene structures at finite doping and temperatures. The plasmon spectrum consists of one optical excitation with a square-root dispersion and $N-1$ acoustical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-02-13 J. -J. Zhu , S. M. Badalyan , F. M. Peeters

We study localized plasmons at the nanoscale (nano-plasmons) in graphene. The collective excitations of induced charge density modulations in graphene are drastically changed in the vicinity of a single impurity compared to graphene's bulk…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-12-19 Hari Dahal , Rodrigo A. Muniz , Stephan Haas , Matthias J. Graf , Alexander V. Balatsky

We obtained numerical and closed-form analytic expressions for finite-temperature plasmon dispersion relations for intrinsic graphene in the presence of a finite energy gap in the energy spectrum. The calculations were carried out using the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-04-20 Andrii Iurov , Godfrey Gumbs , Danhong Huang , V. Silkin

We show that strongly photoexcited graphene monolayers with 35fs pulses quasi-instantaneously build up a broadband, inverted Dirac fermion population. Optical gain emerges and directly manifests itself via a negative optical conductivity…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-12 T. Li , L. Luo , M. Hupalo , J. Zhang , M. C. Tringides , J. Schmalian , J. Wang

A density-matrix formalism within the length gauge is developed for the purpose of calculating the nonlinear response of intrinsic bilayer graphene at terahertz frequencies. Employing a tight-binding model, we find that interplay between…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-12-07 Riley McGouran , Ibraheem Al-Naib , Marc M. Dignam

It is shown that thermally excited plasmon-polariton modes can strongly mediate, enhance and \emph{tune} the near-field radiation transfer between two closely separated graphene sheets. The dependence of near-field heat exchange on doping…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-30 Ognjen Ilic , Marinko Jablan , John D. Joannopoulos , Ivan Celanovic , Hrvoje Buljan , Marin Soljačić

Graphene, a two-dimensional material with a high mobility and a tunable conductivity, is uniquely suited for plasmonics. The frequency dispersion of plasmons in bulk graphene has been studied both theoretically and experimentally, whereas…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 Jared H. Strait , Parinita S. Nene , Wei-Min Chan , Christina Manolatou , Joshua W. Kevek , Sandip Tiwari , Paul L. McEuen , Farhan Rana

Absorption induced transparency is an optical phenomenon that occurs in metallic arrays of nanoholes when materials featuring narrow lines in their absorption spectra are deposited on top of it. First reported in the visible range, using…

Optics · Physics 2021-09-22 Sergio G Rodrigo

Modulating the amplitude and phase of light is at the heart of many applications such as wavefront shaping, transformation optics, phased arrays, modulators and sensors. Performing this task with high efficiency and small footprint is a…

A terahertz metamaterial consisting of radiative slot antennas and subradiant complementary split-ring resonators exhibits plasmon induced opacity in a narrow spectral range due to the destructive interference between the bright and dark…

We explore the broadband excitation spectrum of bulk PtTe$_2$ using electron energy loss spectroscopy and density functional theory. In addition to infrared modes related to intraband 3D Dirac plasmon and interband transitions between the…