Coherent control of current injection in zigzag graphene nanoribbons

Abstract

We present Fermi's golden rule calculations of the optical carrier injection and the coherent control of current injection in graphene nanoribbons with zigzag geometry, using an envelope function approach. This system possesses strongly localized states (flat bands) with a large joint density of states at low photon energies; for ribbons with widths above a few tens of nanometers, this system also posses large number of (non-flat) states with maxima and minima close to the Fermi level. Consequently, even with small dopings the occupation of these localized states can be significantly altered. In this work, we calculate the relevant quantities for coherent control at different chemical potentials, showing the sensitivity of this system to the occupation of the edge states. We consider coherent control scenarios arising from the interference of one-photon absorption at $2\hslash \omega$ with two-photon absorption at $\hslash \omega$, and those arising from the interference of one-photon absorption at $\hslash \omega$ with stimulated electronic Raman scattering (virtual absorption at $2\hslash \omega$ followed by emission at $\hslash \omega$). Although at large photon energies these processes follow an energy-dependence similar to that of 2D graphene, the zigzag nanoribbons exhibit a richer structure at low photon energies, arising from divergences of the joint density of states and from resonant absorption processes, which can be strongly modified by doping. As a figure of merit for the injected carrier currents, we calculate the resulting swarm velocities. Finally, we provide estimates for the limits of validity of our model.

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