Ultrafast photoluminescence from graphene.
Since graphene has no band gap, photoluminescence is not expected from relaxed charge carriers. We have, however, observed significant light emission from graphene under excitation by ultrashort (30-fs) laser pulses. Light emission was found to occur across the visible spectral range (1.7-3.5 eV), with emitted photon energies exceeding that of the excitation laser (1.5 eV). The emission exhibits a nonlinear dependence on the laser fluence. In two-pulse correlation measurements, a dominant relaxation time of tens of femtoseconds is observed. A two-temperature model describing the electrons and their interaction with strongly coupled optical phonons can account for the experimental observations.
Lui
Chun Hung
CH
Department of Physics, Columbia University, 538 West 120th Street, New York, New York 10027, USA.
Mak
Kin Fai
KF
Shan
Jie
J
Heinz
Tony F
TF