Continuous-wave lasing between Landau levels in graphene

Yongrui Wang, Mikhail Tokman, Alexey Belyanin

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Abstract

We predict the general feasibility and demonstrate the design of the continuous-wave terahertz laser operating between Landau levels in graphene placed on a polar substrate in a magnetic field of order 1 T. Steady-state population inversion under a continuous-wave optical pumping becomes possible due to surface-phonon-mediated relaxation of carriers. The scheme is scalable to other materials with massless Dirac fermions, for example, surface states in three-dimensional topological insulators such as Bi2Se3 or Bi2Te3.

Original languageEnglish
Article number033821
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume91
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Mar 2015
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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