Review on carrier multiplication in graphene

TL;DR

This review discusses how graphene's unique electronic structure enables ultrafast carrier multiplication through Auger processes, with implications for physics and technology.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of theoretical models and experimental evidence for carrier multiplication in graphene and Landau-quantized graphene.

Findings

Carrier multiplication can significantly increase charge carriers in graphene.

Auger scattering processes are key to carrier multiplication.

Both theoretical and experimental studies support these phenomena.

Abstract

The remarkable gapless and linear band structure of graphene opens up new carrier relaxation channels bridging the valence and the conduction band. These Auger scattering processes change the number of charge carriers and can give rise to a significant multiplication of optically excited carriers in graphene. This is an ultrafast many-particle phenomenon that is of great interest both for fundamental many-particle physics as well as technological applications. Here, we review the research on carrier multiplication in graphene and Landau-quantized graphene including theoretical modelling and experimental demonstration.