TY - GEN
T1 - Graphene terahertz lasers
T2 - 2012 MRS Fall Meeting
AU - Otsuji, Taiichi
AU - Satou, Akira
AU - Ryzhii, Maxim
AU - Mitin, Vladimir
AU - Ryzhii, Victor
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - In this paper we demonstrate that graphene is one of the best materials for new types of terahertz lasers as optical and/or injection pumping of graphene can exhibit negative-dynamic conductivity in the terahertz spectral range. We analyze the formation of nonequilibrium states in optically pumped graphene layers and in forward-biased graphene structures with lateral p-i-n junctions and consider the conditions of population inversion and lasing. The latter provides a significant advantage of the injection pumping in realization of graphene terahertz lasers. We benchmark graphene as a prospective material for injection-type terahertz lasers.
AB - In this paper we demonstrate that graphene is one of the best materials for new types of terahertz lasers as optical and/or injection pumping of graphene can exhibit negative-dynamic conductivity in the terahertz spectral range. We analyze the formation of nonequilibrium states in optically pumped graphene layers and in forward-biased graphene structures with lateral p-i-n junctions and consider the conditions of population inversion and lasing. The latter provides a significant advantage of the injection pumping in realization of graphene terahertz lasers. We benchmark graphene as a prospective material for injection-type terahertz lasers.
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U2 - 10.1557/opl.2013.523
DO - 10.1557/opl.2013.523
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84899808817
SN - 9781632660985
T3 - Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
SP - 168
EP - 179
BT - Carbon Nanomaterials
PB - Materials Research Society
Y2 - 25 November 2012 through 30 November 2012
ER -