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Saturable absorption is a non-perturbative nonlinear optical phenomenon that plays a pivotal role in the generation of ultrafast light pulses. Here we show that this effect emerges in graphene at unprecedentedly low light intensities, thus…

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Scientists are always yearning for new and exciting ways to unlock graphene's true potential. However, recent reports suggest this two-dimensional material may harbor some unique properties, making it a viable candidate for use in…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-06-04 F. V. Kusmartsev , W. M. Wu , M. P. Pierpoint , K. C. Yung

The nematic phase transition in electronic liquids, driven by Coulomb interactions, represents a new class of strongly correlated electronic ground states. We studied suspended samples of bilayer graphene, annealed so that it achieves very…

The relativistic massless charge carriers with a Fermi velocity of about c300 in graphene enable us to realize two distinct types of resonances (c, the speed of light in vacuum). One is electron whispering-gallery mode in graphene quantum…

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We investigate the electronic structure of graphene monolayers subjected to patterned dielectric superlattices. Through a quantum capacitance model approach, we simulate realistic devices capable of imposing periodic potentials on graphene.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-01-27 Zhen Zhan , Yonggang Li , Pierre A. Pantaleon

Electron-hole asymmetry is a fundamental property in solids that can determine the nature of quantum phase transitions and the regime of operation for devices. The observation of electron-hole asymmetry in graphene and recently in the phase…

We study various mechanisms of electron transmission across the corrugations in the graphene sheet. The spin dependence of the electron transmission probability in the rippled graphene is found. The electrons mean free path and transmission…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-18 M. Pudlak , R. G. Nazmitdinov

Electrons and holes in clean, charge-neutral graphene behave like a strongly coupled relativistic liquid. The thermo-electric transport properties of the interacting Dirac quasiparticles are rather special, being constrained by an emergent…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-08-23 Markus Mueller , Lars Fritz , Subir Sachdev , Joerg Schmalian

Electron correlation in graphene is unique because of the interplay of the Dirac cone dispersion of $\pi$ electrons with long range Coulomb interaction. The random phase approximation predicts no metallic screening at long distance and low…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-10-23 Huihuo Zheng , Yu Gan , Peter Abbamonte , Lucas K. Wagner

We theoretically study the electronic structure of small-angle twisted bilayer graphene with a large potential asymmetry between the top and bottom layers. We show that the emergent helical states known to appear on the triangular AB-BA…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-18 Bonnie Tsim , Nguyen N. T. Nam , Mikito Koshino

The electronic properties of graphene are unique and are attracting increased attention to this novel 2-dimensional system. Its photonic properties are not less impressive. For example, this single atomic layer absorbs through direct…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-12-25 Fengnian Xia , Thomas Mueller , Yu-ming Lin , Alberto Valdes-Garcia , Phaedon Avouris

We theoretically demonstrate the formation of a new type of unconventional superconductivity in graphene materials, which exhibits gapless property. The studied superconductivity is based on an interlayer pairing of chiral electrons in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Mir Vahid Hosseini , Malek Zareyan

We review the basic aspects of electrons in graphene (two-dimensional graphite) exposed to a strong perpendicular magnetic field. One of its most salient features is the relativistic quantum Hall effect the observation of which has been the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-11-24 M. O. Goerbig

Electron devices based on graphene have lately received a considerable interest; in fact, they could represent the ultimate miniaturization, since the active area is only one atom tick. However, the gapless dispersion relation of graphene…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-12-04 Giovanni Nastasi , Vittorio Romano

The unconventional properties of graphene, with a massless Dirac band dispersion and large coherence properties, have raised a large interest for applications in nanoelectronics. In this work, we emphasize that graphene two dimensional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-08-27 Pierre Darancet , Valerio Olevano , Didier Mayou

We have formulated a theory for investigating the conditions which are required to achieve entangled states of electrons on graphene and three-dimensional (3D) topological insulators (TIs). We consider the quantum entanglement of spins by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 Andrii Iurov , Godfrey Gumbs

Free electron beams such as those employed in electron microscopes have evolved into powerful tools to investigate photonic nanostructures with an unrivaled combination of spatial and spectral precision through the analysis of electron…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-22 F. Javier García de Abajo , Valerio Di Giulio

Graphene-based superlattices offer a new materials playground to exploit and control a higher number of electronic degrees of freedom, such as charge, spin, or valley for disruptive technologies. Recently, orbital effects, emerging in…

Solid mixed conductors with significant ionic as well as electronic conduction play a pivotal role for mass transfer and storage as required in battery electrodes. Single-phase materials with simultaneously high electronic and ionic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-11 M. Kühne , F. Paolucci , J. Popovic , P. M. Ostrovsky , J. Maier , J. H. Smet

We study the effect of electron-electron interactions in the quasiparticle dispersion of a graphene bilayer within the Hartree-Fock-Thomas-Fermi theory by using a four-bands model. We find that the electronic fluid can be described by a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-03-21 S. Viola Kusminskiy , D. K. Campbell , A. H. Castro Neto