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We present first-principles calculations of many-electron effects on the optical response of graphene, bilayer graphene, and graphite employing the GW-Bethe Salpeter equation approach. We find that resonant excitons are formed in these…

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We show that the low temperature electron transport properties of chemically functionalized graphene can be explained as sequential tunneling of charges through a two dimensional array of graphene quantum dots (GQD). Below 15 K, a total…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Daeha Joung , Lei Zhai , Saiful I. Khondaker

Temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) of a bolometer can be tuned by modifying the thermal conductance of an absorbing materials since they sense radiations via the temperature change in the absorber. However, the thermal conductance…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-06-13 Saba M. Khan , Jyoti Saini , Anirban Kundu , Renu Rani , Kiran S. Hazra

Due to the predominantly surface character of graphene, it is highly suitable for functionalization with external atoms and/or molecules leading to a plethora of new and interesting phenomena. Here we show ferromagnetic properties of…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-15 A. J. M. Giesbers , K. Uhlířová , M. Konečný , E. C. Peters , M. Burghard , J. Aarts , C. F. J. Flipse

The two-dimensional graphene-like carbon allotrope, graphyne, has been recently fabricated and exhibits many interesting electronic properties. In this work, we investigate the thermoelectric properties of {\gamma}-graphyne by performing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-19 P. H. Jiang , H. J. Liu , L. Cheng , D. D. Fan , J. Zhang , J. Wei , J. H. Liang

It is commonly believed that weak light-matter interactions in low-mobility graphene dramatically limits tunability of graphene-based optoelectronic devices, such as tunable absorbers or switches. In this paper, we develop and use a simple…

Optics · Physics 2018-12-11 Xuchen Wang , Sergei A. Tretyakov

Graphene is promising for nanoscale, efficient, ultra-fast photo- and opto-electronic devices because of its remarkable electrical and optical properties, such as fast electron relaxation and heat dissipation. Here, we realize…

Graphene, as a semimetal with the largest known thermal conductivity, is an ideal system to study the interplay between electronic and lattice contributions to thermal transport. While the total electrical and thermal conductivity have been…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-07-12 Tae Yun Kim , Cheol-Hwan Park , Nicola Marzari

We present an ab-initio study of photocarrier dynamics in graphene due to electron-phonon (EP) interactions. Using the Boltzmann relaxation-time approximation with parameters determined from density functional theory (DFT) and a…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-04-17 Dinesh Yadav , Maxim Trushin , Fabian Pauly

We investigate the electronic, thermal, and optical characteristics of graphene like SiC$_x$ structure using model calculations based on density functional theory. The change in the energy bandgap can be tuned by the Si atomic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-12 Nzar Rauf Abdullah , Gullan Ahmed Mohammed , Hunar Omar Rashid , Vidar Gudmundsson

Heat is a familiar form of energy transported from a hot side to a colder side of an object, but not a notion associated with microscopic measurements of electronic properties. A temperature difference within a material causes charge…

Due to its high charge carrier mobility, broadband light absorption, and ultrafast carrier dynamics, graphene is a promising material for the development of high-performance photodetectors. Graphene-based photodetectors have been…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-02-25 Biddut K. Sarker , Isaac Childres , Edward Cazalas , Igor Jovanovic , Yong P. Chen

To date, no electro-optic platform enables devices with high bandwidth, small footprint, and low power consumption, while also enabling mass production. Here we demonstrate high-yield fabrication of high-speed graphene electro-absorption…

We report development of a quantum Hall resistance standard accurate to a few parts in a billion at 300 mK and based on large area epitaxial graphene. The remarkable precision constitutes an improvement of four orders of magnitude over the…

Identifying the microscopic processes that limit conductivity is essential for understanding correlated and quantum-critical states in quantum materials. In twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) and other twist-controlled materials, the…

The measurement of energy is a fundamental tool used, for example, in exploring the early universe, characterizing particle decay processes, as well as in quantum technology and computing. Some of the most sensitive energy detectors are…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-12-19 András Gunyhó , Kassius Kohvakka , Qi-Ming Chen , Jean-Philippe Girard , Roope Kokkoniemi , Wei Liu , Mikko Möttönen

The thermal conductivity of monolayer graphene is an outstanding challenge with no consensus reached on its exact value and length convergence so far. We consider four-phonon scattering, phonon renormalization, and an exact solution to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-10-02 Zherui Han , Xiulin Ruan

Graphene plasmons hold immense potential for terahertz (THz) detector application due to their fascinating interactions between radiation and matter. However, it has remained challenging to excite and manipulate graphene plasmons within…

An electro-absorption optical modulator concept based upon a dual-graphene layer is presented. The device consists of a silicon-on-insulator waveguide upon which two graphene layers reside, separated by a thin insulating region. The lower…

Optics · Physics 2012-05-21 Steven J. Koester , Mo Li

We have produced ultrathin epitaxial graphite films which show remarkable 2D electron gas (2DEG) behavior. The films, composed of typically 3 graphene sheets, were grown by thermal decomposition on the (0001) surface of 6H-SiC, and…