Carrier dynamics in graphene under Landau quantization


Carrier dynamics in graphene under Landau quantization

Wendler, F.; Mittendorff, M.; Winnerl, S.; Helm, M.; Knorr, A.; Malic, E.

We investigate the ultrafast dynamics of low-energetic Dirac electrons in graphene under Landau quantization [1]. In a joint experiment-theory study, we provide calculations based on the density matrix formalism [2] as well as measurements of the relaxation dynamics via differential transmission spectroscopy.

As a consequence of the linear dispersion at the Dirac points, graphene exhibits a non-equidistant Landau level spectrum which allows to address specific transitions by optical pumping. Exploiting this to selectively excite the energetically lowest Landau levels, we employ pump-probe spectroscopy to explore the carrier dynamics in this regime. A surprising sign reversal in differential transmission spectra is observed both in experiment and theory and provides evidence for strong Auger scattering on a picosecond timescale. Our calculations even predict the occurrence of a substantial carrier multiplication in Landau quantized graphene [3].

[1] M. Mittendorff et al., (in preparation).

[2] E. Malic, A. Knorr, Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes: Ultrafast Optics and Relaxation Dynamics, (Wiley-VCH, Berlin, 2013).

[3] F. Wendler, A. Knorr, and E. Malic, (submitted).

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