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Third-Order Optical Response of Metallic Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons to an Elliptically-Polarized Terahertz Excitation Field
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Third-Order Optical Response of Metallic Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons to an Elliptically-Polarized Terahertz Excitation Field

Yichao Wang and David R. Andersen
IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics, Vol.23(4), pp.1-6
07/01/2017
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2016.2641300
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https://arxiv.org/pdf/1606.00676View
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Abstract

We present a theoretical description of the thirdorder response induced by an elliptically-polarized terahertz beam normally-incident on intrinsic and extrinsic metallic armchair graphene nanoribbons. Our results show that using a straightforward experimental setup, it should be possible to observe novel polarization-dependent nonlinearities at low excitation field strengths of the order of 104 V/m. At low temperatures the Kerr nonlinearities in extrinsic nanoribbons persist to significantly higher excitation frequencies than they do for linear polarizations, and at room temperatures, the third-harmonic nonlinearities are enhanced by 2-3 orders of magnitude. Finally, the Fermi-level and temperature dependence of the nonlinear response is characterized.
Engineering Optics Physical Sciences Physics Technology Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Physics, Applied Quantum Science & Technology Science & Technology

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