Ultrafast strong-field absorption in gapped graphene
Abstract
In this work, we study theoretically the strong-field absorption of an ultrafast optical pulse by a gapped graphene monolayer. At low field amplitudes, the absorbance in pristine graphene is equal to the universal value of 2.3%. Although the ultrafast optical absorption for low field amplitudes is independent of the polarization, linear or circular, of the applied optical pulse, for high field amplitudes, the absorption strongly depends on the pulse polarization. For a linearly polarized pulse, the optical absorbance is saturated at the value of ≈ 1.4% for the pulse's amplitude of ≥ 0.4 V/Å, but no such saturation is observed for a circularly polarized pulse. For the gapped graphene, the absorption of a linearly polarized pulse shows a weak dependence on the bandgap, while for a circularly polarized pulse, the absorption is very sensitive to the bandgap.
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- Research Org.:
- Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, GA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division; National Science Foundation (NSF); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1800013
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-01ER15213; SC0007043; EFMA-1741691; FA9550-15-1-0037
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review. B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 101; Journal Issue: 16; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; Materials Science; Physics
Citation Formats
Oliaei Motlagh, S. Azar, Zafar, Ahmal Jawad, Mitra, Aranyo, Apalkov, Vadym, and Stockman, Mark I. Ultrafast strong-field absorption in gapped graphene. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1103/physrevb.101.165433.
Oliaei Motlagh, S. Azar, Zafar, Ahmal Jawad, Mitra, Aranyo, Apalkov, Vadym, & Stockman, Mark I. Ultrafast strong-field absorption in gapped graphene. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.101.165433
Oliaei Motlagh, S. Azar, Zafar, Ahmal Jawad, Mitra, Aranyo, Apalkov, Vadym, and Stockman, Mark I. Wed .
"Ultrafast strong-field absorption in gapped graphene". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.101.165433. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1800013.
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title = {Ultrafast strong-field absorption in gapped graphene},
author = {Oliaei Motlagh, S. Azar and Zafar, Ahmal Jawad and Mitra, Aranyo and Apalkov, Vadym and Stockman, Mark I.},
abstractNote = {In this work, we study theoretically the strong-field absorption of an ultrafast optical pulse by a gapped graphene monolayer. At low field amplitudes, the absorbance in pristine graphene is equal to the universal value of 2.3%. Although the ultrafast optical absorption for low field amplitudes is independent of the polarization, linear or circular, of the applied optical pulse, for high field amplitudes, the absorption strongly depends on the pulse polarization. For a linearly polarized pulse, the optical absorbance is saturated at the value of ≈ 1.4% for the pulse's amplitude of ≥ 0.4 V/Å, but no such saturation is observed for a circularly polarized pulse. For the gapped graphene, the absorption of a linearly polarized pulse shows a weak dependence on the bandgap, while for a circularly polarized pulse, the absorption is very sensitive to the bandgap.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevb.101.165433},
journal = {Physical Review. B},
number = 16,
volume = 101,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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