Terahertz spectroscopy is a perfect tool to investigate the electronic intraband conductivity of graphene, but a phenom-enological model (Drude-Smith) is often needed to describe disorder. By studying the THz response of isotropically strained polycrystalline graphene and using a fully atomistic computational approach to fit the results, we demonstrate here the connection between the Drude-Smith parameters and the microscopic behavior. Importantly, we clearly show that the strain-induced changes in the conductivity originate mainly from the increased separation between the single-crystal grains, leading to enchanced localization of the plasmon excitations. Only at the lowest strain values explored, a behavior consistent with the deformation of the individual grains can instead be observed.

Strain-Induced Plasmon Confinement in Polycrystalline Graphene

Zanotto, Simone
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Cappelli, Chiara;Tredicucci, Alessandro
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Toncelli, Alessandra
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2023-01-01

Abstract

Terahertz spectroscopy is a perfect tool to investigate the electronic intraband conductivity of graphene, but a phenom-enological model (Drude-Smith) is often needed to describe disorder. By studying the THz response of isotropically strained polycrystalline graphene and using a fully atomistic computational approach to fit the results, we demonstrate here the connection between the Drude-Smith parameters and the microscopic behavior. Importantly, we clearly show that the strain-induced changes in the conductivity originate mainly from the increased separation between the single-crystal grains, leading to enchanced localization of the plasmon excitations. Only at the lowest strain values explored, a behavior consistent with the deformation of the individual grains can instead be observed.
2023
Zanotto, Simone; Bonatti, Luca; Pantano, Maria F; Mišeikis, Vaidotas; Speranza, Giorgio; Giovannini, Tommaso; Coletti, Camilla; Cappelli, Chiara; Tred...espandi
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