Hot electron cooling by acoustic phonons in graphene

Details Hot electron cooling by acoustic phonons in graphene Hot electron cooling by acoustic phonons in graphene

2012-03-13

arxiv.org/abs/1203.2753v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

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We have investigated the energy loss of hot electrons in metallic graphene by means of GHz noise thermometry at liquid helium temperature. We observe the electronic temperature $T\propto V$ at low bias in agreement with the heat diffusion to the leads described by the Wiedemann-Franz law. We report on $T\propto\sqrt{V}$ behavior at high bias, which corresponds to a $T^4$ dependence of the cooling power. This is the signature of a 2D acoustic phonon cooling mechanism. From a heat equation analysis of the two regimes we extract accurate values of the electron-acoustic phonon coupling constant $\Sigma$ in monolayer graphene. Our measurements point to an important effect of lattice disorder in the reduction of $\Sigma$, not yet considered by theory. Moreover, our study provides a strong and firm support to the rising field of graphene bolometric detectors.

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