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We derive the angular generation density of photoexcited carriers in gapless and gapped Bernal bilayer graphene. Exploiting the strong anisotropy of the band structure of bilayer graphene at low energies due to trigonal warping, we show…
Landau level bending near the edge of graphene, described using 2d Dirac equation, provides a microscopic framework for understanding the quantum Hall Effect (QHE) in this material. We review properties of the QHE edge states in graphene,…
In graphene, after the electric field is turned-on, the ballistic acceleration of charge carriers up to the monochromatic optic phonon energy generates a back-and-forth motion of the whole distribution function between the zero point energy…
We report on the observation of terahertz (THz) radiation induced band-to-band impact ionization in \HgTe quantum well (QW) structures of critical thickness, which are characterized by a nearly linear energy dispersion. The THz electric…
We study optical absorption at graphene edges in a transversal magnetic field. The magnetic field bends the trajectories of particle- and hole excitations into antipodal direction which generates a directed current. We find a rather strong…
We analyze the effect of screening provided by the additional graphene layer in double layer graphene heterostructures (DLGs) on transport characteristics of DLG devices in the metallic regime. The effect of gate-tunable charge density in…
We probe quantum Hall effect in a tunable 1-D lateral superlattice (SL) in graphene created using electrostatic gates. Lack of equilibration is observed along edge states formed by electrostatic gates inside the superlattice. We create…
We have developed a device fabrication process to pattern graphene into nanostructures of arbitrary shape and control their electronic properties using local electrostatic gates. Electronic transport measurements have been used to…
Using ultrafast pump-probe reflectivity with 3.1 eV pump and coherent white light probe (1.1 to 2.6 eV), we show that graphene on gold nanostructures exhibits a strong coupling to the plasmonic resonances of the ordered lattice hole array,…
We present transport measurements of tunnel junctions made between Cu and graphene in a magnetic field. We observe a transition to a Landau level like structure at high fields, as well as a set of sharp features in the tunneling spectra…
The quantum theory of multiphoton stimulated bremsstrahlung of charged carriers on an arbitrary electrostatic potential of impurity ion in doped bilayer graphene at the presence of coherent electromagnetic radiation is developed. A…
Using high quality graphene pnp junctions, we observe prominent conductance fluctuations on transitions between quantum Hall (QH) plateaus as the top gate voltage Vtg is varied. In the Vtg-B plane, the fluctuations form crisscrossing lines…
Hot carrier generation in metals, where high-energy electron-hole pairs are produced via plasmon excitation, has emerged as a promising mechanism for photoelectric conversion and photocatalysis. However, conventional theories often describe…
We report a double-layer electronic system made of two closely-spaced but electrically isolated graphene monolayers sandwiched in boron nitride. For large carrier densities in one of the layers, the adjacent layer no longer exhibits a…
Recent pump-probe experiments performed on graphene in a perpendicular magnetic field have revealed carrier relaxation times ranging from picoseconds to nanoseconds depending on the quality of the sample. To explain this surprising…
A physically transparent unified theory of optically and plasmon induced hot carrier generation in metals is developed with all the relevant mechanisms included. Analytical expressions that estimate the carrier generation rates, their…
Magnetized charge-neutral graphene supports collective hybrid electronic excitations - polaritons - which have quantum origin. In contrast to polaritons in doped graphene, which arise from intraband electronic transitions, those in…
Here we report from our theoretical studies that in biased bilayer graphene, one can induce phase transitions from an incompressible fractional quantum Hall state to a compressible state by tuning the bandgap at a given electron density.…
The strong light-matter interaction in graphene over a broad frequency range has opened up a plethora of photonics applications of graphene. The goal of this paper is to present the voltage tunability of plasmons in gated single- and…
We study the carrier dynamics in epitaxially grown graphene in the range of photon energies from 10 - 250 meV. The experiments complemented by microscopic modeling reveal that the carrier relaxation is significantly slowed down as the…