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We present a general formulation to calculate the dynamic optical conductivity, beyond the linear response regime, of any electronic system whose quasiparticle dispersion is described by a two band model. Our phenomenological model is based…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-19 Ashutosh Singh , Tuhina Satpati , Kirill I. Bolotin , Saikat Ghosh , Amit Agarwal

The intrinsic channel properties of monolayer and multilayer graphene were systematically investigated as a function of layer number by the exclusion of contact resistance using four-probe measurements. We show that the continuous change in…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-18 Kosuke Nagashio , Tomonori Nishimura , Koji Kita , Akira Toriumi

Minimal conductivity of a single undoped graphene layer is known to be of the order of the conductance quantum, independent of the electron velocity. We show that this universality does not survive electron-electron interaction which…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. G. Mishchenko

We evaluate the optical reflectivity for a uniaxially strained graphene single layer between a SiO2 substrate and air. A tight binding model for the band dispersion of graphene is employed. As a function of the strain modulus and direction,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-01-04 F. M. D. Pellegrino , G. G. N. Angilella , R. Pucci

We demonstrate that single layer graphene exhibits the electronic structure of a bilayer when it is connected to two gated bilayers. The energy gap characteristic for gated bilayer is induced in the single layer and it persists for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-07-31 Wlodzimierz Jaskolski

The electronic and optical properties of mono, di, tri, and tetravacancies in graphene are studied in comparison to each other, using density functional theory. In addition, oxidized monovacancies are considered for different oxygen…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-11-12 N. Singh , T. P. Kaloni , Udo Schwingenschlögl

We model the optical visibility of monolayer and bilayer graphene deposited on a silicon/silicon oxide substrate or thermally annealed on the surface of silicon carbide. We consider reflection and transmission setups, and find that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-02-25 D. S. L. Abergel , A. Russell , Vladimir I. Fal'ko

Opening, in a controllable way, the energy gap in the electronic spectrum of graphene is necessary for many potential applications, including an efficient carbon-based transistor. We have shown that this can be achieved by chemical…

Materials Science · Physics 2008-09-05 D. W. Boukhvalov , M. I. Katsnelson

Using the Landauer formula approach, it is proven that minimal conductivity of order of $e^{2}/h$ found experimentally in bilayer graphene is its intrinsic property. For the case of ideal crystals, the conductivity turns our to be equal to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. I. Katsnelson

The optical properties of dielectric plates coated with gapped graphene are investigated on the basis of first principles of quantum electrodynamics. The reflection coefficients and reflectivities of graphene-coated plates are expressed in…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-01-27 G. L. Klimchitskaya , V. M. Mostepanenko

We have performed a theoretical study of electronic transport in single and bilayer graphene based on the standard linear-response (Kubo) formalism and continuum-model descriptions of the graphene band structure. We are focusing especially…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-02-25 J. Z. Bernad , U. Zuelicke , K. Ziegler

The optical conductivity of graphene strained uniaxially is studied within the Kubo-Greenwood formalism. Focusing on inter-band absorption, we analyze and quantify the breakdown of universal transparency in the visible region of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-01-17 Vitor M. Pereira , R. M. Ribeiro , N. M. R. Peres , A. H. Castro Neto

We experimentally investigate electrical transport properties of graphene, which is a two dimensional (2D) conductor with relativistic energy dispersion relation. By investigating single- and bi-layer graphene devices with different aspect…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. Miao , S. Wijeratne , U. Coskun , Y. Zhang , C. N. Lau

We theoretically study the transport properties of both monolayer and bilayer graphene in the presence of electron-hole puddles induced by charged impurities which are invariably present in the graphene environment. We calculate the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-09-28 Qiuzi Li , E. H. Hwang , S. Das Sarma

It has been predicted that application of a strong electric field perpendicular to the plane of bilayer graphene can induce a significant band gap. We have measured the optical conductivity of bilayer graphene with an efficient electrolyte…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Kin Fai Mak , Chun Hung Lui , Jie Shan , Tony F. Heinz

We consider the dynamics of charge carriers in single-layer graphene that are subject to random temporal fluctuations of their mass gap. The optical conductivity is calculated by incorporating the quantum-stochastic time evolution into the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 J. Z. Bernád

We calculate the optical sum associated with the in-plane conductivity of a graphene bilayer. A bilayer asymmetry gap generated in a field-effect device can split apart valence and conduction bands, which otherwise would meet at two K…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-04-08 L. Benfatto , S. G. Sharapov , J. P. Carbotte

We present a comparative study of high carrier density transport in mono-, bi-, and trilayer graphene using electric-double-layer transistors to continuously tune the carrier density up to values exceeding 10^{14} cm^{-2}. Whereas in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-07-13 J. T. Ye , M. F. Craciun , M. Koshino , S. Russo , S. Inoue , H. T. Yuan , H. Shimotani , A. F. Morpurgo , Y. Iwasa

We investigate the transport properties of double-gated bilayer graphene nanoribbons at room temperature. The devices were fabricated using conventional CMOS-compatible processes. By analyzing the dependence of the resistance at the charge…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Bartholomaeus N. Szafranek , Daniel Schall , Martin Otto , Daniel Neumaier , Heinrich Kurz

We report the transport properties of monolayer and bilayer graphene from first principles calculations and Boltzmann transport theory (BTE). Our resistivity studies on monolayer graphene show Bloch-Gr${\rm \ddot{u}}$neisen behavior in a…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-03-02 Ransell D'Souza , Sugata Mukherjee