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Title: Broadband electromagnetic response and ultrafast dynamics of few-layer epitaxial graphene

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3122348· OSTI ID:974432

We study the broadband optical conductivity and ultrafast carrier dynamics of epitaxial graphene in the few-layer limit. Equilibrium spectra of nominally buffer, monolayer, and multilayer graphene exhibit significant terahertz and near-infrared absorption, consistent with a model of intra- and interband transitions in a dense Dirac electron plasma. Non-equilibrium terahertz transmission changes after photoexcitation are shown to be dominated by excess hole carriers, with a 1.2-ps mono-exponential decay that refects the minority-carrier recombination time.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Materials Sciences Division
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
974432
Report Number(s):
LBNL-1715E; APPLAB; TRN: US201007%%710
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 94; Related Information: Journal Publication Date: 2009; ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English