Magneto-Optical Properties of Tri-Layer Graphene Measured via Terahertz Time Domain Spectroscopy

Abstract

We present an experimental study on terahertz (THz) magneto-optical (MO) properties of tri-layer graphene on quartz substrate, grown by chemical vapor deposition. The MO conductivities are measured in the Faraday geometry by applying optical polarization and using THz time domain spectroscopy (TDS) in high magnetic fields at liquid nitrogen temperature. We find that the real and imaginary parts of the longitudinal and transverse MO conductivities fit well to the classic MO Drude formula for tri-layer graphene. Thus, we are able to determine optically the key sample parameters such as the electron density, the electron effective mass and the relaxation time for tri-layer graphene. The dependence of the relaxation time on magnetic field is examined. This work indicates that THz TDS can be employed as a powerful tool to measure MO properties of tri-layer graphene and other 2D electronic materials in the presence of high magnetic fields.

Keywords:

• Terahertz
• magneto-optical and relaxation time

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Funding

This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1930116, U206720039), the Key Scientific Research Projects of Colleges and Universities in Henan Province (No. 21B140006), the National Science Foundation of China (No. 61973177), the Science and Technology Project in Henan Province (No. 212102310905, 212102210142), Zhumadian Industrial Innovation and Development Research major project (No. 2020ZDA06), and Henan International Joint Laboratory of Behavior Optimization Control for Smart Robots, file No. [2018]19.