Electrically-driven amplification of terahertz acoustic waves in graphene
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| author | Barajas-Aguilar, Aaron H. Zion, Jasen Sequeira, Ian Barabas, Andrew Z. Taniguchi, Takashi Watanabe, Kenji Barrett, Eric Scaffidi, Thomas Sanchez-Yamagishi, Javier D. |
| author_facet | Barajas-Aguilar, Aaron H. Zion, Jasen Sequeira, Ian Barabas, Andrew Z. Taniguchi, Takashi Watanabe, Kenji Barrett, Eric Scaffidi, Thomas Sanchez-Yamagishi, Javier D. |
| contents | In graphene devices, the electronic drift velocity can easily exceed the speed of sound in the material at moderate current biases. Under this condition, the electronic system can efficiently amplify acoustic phonons, leading to the exponential growth of sound waves in the direction of the carrier flow. Here, we demonstrate that such phonon amplification can significantly modify the electrical properties of graphene devices. We observe a super-linear growth of the resistivity in the direction of the carrier flow when the drift velocity exceeds the speed of sound, causing up to a 7 times increase over 8 micrometers. The resistance growth is observable for carrier densities away from the Dirac point and is enhanced at cryogenic temperatures. These observations are explained by a theoretical model for the electrical-amplification of acoustic phonons, which reach frequencies up to 2.2 terahertz with the nanoscale wavelength set by gate-tunable ~kF transitions across the Fermi surface. These findings offer a route to high-frequency on-chip sound generation and detection, which can be used to modulate and probe electronic physics in van der Waals heterostructures in the terahertz frequency range. |
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| spellingShingle | Electrically-driven amplification of terahertz acoustic waves in graphene Barajas-Aguilar, Aaron H. Zion, Jasen Sequeira, Ian Barabas, Andrew Z. Taniguchi, Takashi Watanabe, Kenji Barrett, Eric Scaffidi, Thomas Sanchez-Yamagishi, Javier D. Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics In graphene devices, the electronic drift velocity can easily exceed the speed of sound in the material at moderate current biases. Under this condition, the electronic system can efficiently amplify acoustic phonons, leading to the exponential growth of sound waves in the direction of the carrier flow. Here, we demonstrate that such phonon amplification can significantly modify the electrical properties of graphene devices. We observe a super-linear growth of the resistivity in the direction of the carrier flow when the drift velocity exceeds the speed of sound, causing up to a 7 times increase over 8 micrometers. The resistance growth is observable for carrier densities away from the Dirac point and is enhanced at cryogenic temperatures. These observations are explained by a theoretical model for the electrical-amplification of acoustic phonons, which reach frequencies up to 2.2 terahertz with the nanoscale wavelength set by gate-tunable ~kF transitions across the Fermi surface. These findings offer a route to high-frequency on-chip sound generation and detection, which can be used to modulate and probe electronic physics in van der Waals heterostructures in the terahertz frequency range. |
| title | Electrically-driven amplification of terahertz acoustic waves in graphene |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.12225 |