High-Frequency Coherent Phonons in Graphene on Silicon
Author(s) -
Sho Koga,
Ikufumi Katayama,
Shunsuke Abe,
Hirokazu Fukidome,
Maki Suemitsu,
Masahiro Kitajima,
Jun Takeda
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
applied physics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.911
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1882-0786
pISSN - 1882-0778
DOI - 10.1143/apex.4.045101
Subject(s) - photoexcitation , phonon , graphene , materials science , silicon , relaxation (psychology) , monolayer , anisotropy , condensed matter physics , mode (computer interface) , spectroscopy , raman spectroscopy , molecular physics , optics , optoelectronics , atomic physics , nanotechnology , physics , excited state , psychology , social psychology , quantum mechanics , computer science , operating system
High-frequency coherent vibrations have been investigated in graphene on silicon substrates using pump-probe anisotropic reflectivity spectroscopy with 7.5 fs laser pulses. The coherent phonons of both the intralayer C=C stretching mode (G-mode) and the disorder-induced mode (D-mode) are clearly observed even in monolayer graphenes. The G-mode shifts to higher frequencies as the number of graphene layers decreases, whereas the D-mode does not exhibit such hardening. Moreover, the D-mode softens upon photoexcitation and then shifts to higher frequencies during the relaxation process. The different frequency shift behaviors in the G- and D-modes are discussed.
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