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  • Hot electron cooling by aco...
    Betz, A C; Vialla, F; Brunel, D; Voisin, C; Picher, M; Cavanna, A; Madouri, A; Fève, G; Berroir, J-M; Plaçais, B; Pallecchi, E

    Physical review letters, 08/2012, Volume: 109, Issue: 5
    Journal Article

    We have investigated the energy loss of hot electrons in metallic graphene by means of GHz noise thermometry at liquid helium temperature. We observe the electronic temperature T ∝ V at low bias in agreement with the heat diffusion to the leads described by the Wiedemann-Franz law. We report on T ∝ √V behavior at high bias, which corresponds to a T(4) dependence of the cooling power. This is the signature of a 2D acoustic phonon cooling mechanism. From a heat equation analysis of the two regimes we extract accurate values of the electron-acoustic phonon coupling constant Σ in monolayer graphene. Our measurements point to an important effect of lattice disorder in the reduction of Σ, not yet considered by theory. Moreover, our study provides a strong and firm support to the rising field of graphene bolometric detectors.