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We introduce a novel strategy for controlling the temporal evolution of a quantum system at the nanoscale. Our method relies on the use of graphene plasmons, which can be electrically tuned in frequency by external gates. Quantum emitters…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 Alejandro Manjavacas , Sukosin Thongrattanasiri , Darrick E. Chang , F. Javier García de Abajo

This manuscript provides a general approach to the investigation of field quantization in high-curvature geometries. The models and calculations can help with understanding the elastic and inelastic scattering of photons and electrons in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-07 Maryam Bagherian

We derive the polarization tensor of graphene at nonzero temperature in (2+1)-dimensional space-time. The obtained tensor coincides with the previously known one at all Matsubara frequencies, but, in contrast to it, admits analytic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-13 M. Bordag , G. L. Klimchitskaya , V. M. Mostepanenko , V. M. Petrov

We review calculations and measurements of the phonon-dispersion relation of graphite. First-principles calculations using density-functional theory are generally in good agreement with the experimental data since the long-range character…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-08-07 Ludger Wirtz , Angel Rubio

Sub-wavelength graphene structures support localized plasmonic resonances in the terahertz and mid-infrared spectral regimes. The strong field confinement at the resonant frequency is predicted to significantly enhance the light-graphene…

The response function of graphene is calculated in the presence of a constant current across the sample. For small drift velocities and finite chemical potential, analytic expressions are obtained and consequences on the plasmonic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-15 Mohsen Sabbaghi , Hyun-Woo Lee , Tobias Stauber , Kwang Soo Kim

In recent years, we have seen a rapid progress in the field of graphene plasmonics, motivated by graphene's unique electrical and optical properties, tunabilty, long-lived collective excitation and their extreme light confinement. Here, we…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-03-13 Tony Low , Phaedon Avouris

Taking into account the constraints imposed by the lattice symmetry, we calculate the phonon dispersion for graphene with interactions between the first, second, and third nearest neighbors in the framework of the Born--von Karman model.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 L. A. Falkovsky

The ability to manipulate optical fields and the energy flow of light is central to modern information and communication technologies, as well as quantum information processing schemes. However, as photons do not possess charge, controlling…

Graphene membrane irradiated by weak activating periodic electric field in terahertz range is considered. The corrected formula for the graphene quantum conductivity is found. The obtained formula gives complex conjugate results when…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-23 N. E. Firsova

Plasmon in graphene possesses many unique properties. It originates from the collective motion of massless Dirac fermions and the carrier density dependence is distinctively different from conventional plasmons. In addition, graphene…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-07-20 Shenyang Huang , Chaoyu Song , Guowei Zhang , Hugen Yan

The terahertz detection performance and operating regimes of graphene plasmonic field-effect transistors (FETs) were investigated by a hydrodynamic model. Continuous wave detection simulations showed that the graphene response sensitivity…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-02-16 Yuhui Zhang , Michael S. Shur

We compute the dynamical polarization function for a graphene antidot lattice in the random-phase approximation. The computed polarization functions display a much more complicated structure than what is found for pristine graphene (even…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 M. H. Schultz , A. P. Jauho , T. G. Pedersen

The aim of this work is to study the electron transport in graphene with impurities by introducing a generalization of linear response theory for linear dispersion relations and spinor wave functions. Current response and density response…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-07-28 Juan Sebastian Ardenghi , Pablo Bechthold , Paula Jasen , Estela Gonzalez , Alfredo Juan

Using the hydrodynamic model in the electrostatic approximation, we describe the formation of graphene surface plasmons when a charge is in motion either perpendicular or parallel to a graphene sheet. In the first case, the electron-energy…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-29 A. J. Chaves , N. M. R. Peres , G. Smirnov , N. Asger Mortensen

Scattering between individual charges and collective modes in materials governs fundamental phenomena such as electrical resistance, energy dissipation, switching between different phases, and ordering. The study of such scattering requires…

Plasmon are collective oscillations of mobile electrons with dynamics controlled by their charge stiffness("Drude weight"). Using terahertz spacetime metrology, we probe Plasmon dynamics of mono- and bi-layer graphene. In both systems, the…

The spatially nonlocal response functions of graphene obtained on the basis of first principles of quantum field theory using the polarization tensor are considered in the areas of both the on-the-mass-shell and off-the-mass-shell waves. It…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-29 G. L. Klimchitskaya , V. M. Mostepanenko

Electrons in graphene behave like relativistic Dirac particles which can reduce velocity of light by two orders of magnitude in the form of plasmon-polaritons. Here we show how these properties lead to a peculiar nonlinear plasmon response…

Optics · Physics 2020-03-02 Marinko Jablan

Nanoscale photothermal sources find important applications in theranostics, imaging, and catalysis. In this context, graphene offers a unique suite of optical, electrical, and thermal properties, which we exploit to show self-consistent…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-08-08 Renwen Yu , Qiushi Guo , Fengnian Xia , F. Javier García de Abajo