Anisotropic Eliashberg function and electron-phonon coupling in doped graphene

Author(s)
D. Haberer, L. Petaccia, A. V. Fedorov, C. S. Praveen, S. Fabris, S. Piccinin, O. Vilkov, D. V. Vyalikh, A. Preobrajenski, N. I. Verbitskiy, H. Shiozawa, J. Fink, M. Knupfer, B. Buechner, Alexander Grüneis
Abstract

We investigate, with high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission

spectroscopy, the spectral function of potassium-doped

quasi-free-standing graphene on Au. Angle-dependent x-ray photoemission

and density functional theory calculations demonstrate that potassium

intercalates into the graphene/Au interface, leading to an upshift of

the K-derived electronic band above the Fermi level. This empty band is

what makes this system perfectly suited to disentangle the contributions

to electron-phonon coupling coming from the π band and K-derived bands. From a self-energy analysis we find an anisotropic electron-phonon coupling strength λ of 0.1 (0.2) for the KΓ (KM)

high-symmetry directions in momentum space, respectively.

Interestingly, the high-energy part of the Eliashberg function which

relates to graphene's optical phonons is equal in both directions but

only in KM does an additional low-energy part appear.

Organisation(s)
Electronic Properties of Materials
External organisation(s)
Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden, University of California, Berkeley, Elettra─Sincrotrone Trieste, Saint Petersburg State University, Theory@Elettra, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Technische Universität Dresden, Lund University
Journal
Physical Review B
Volume
88
No. of pages
5
ISSN
1098-0121
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.88.081401
Publication date
08-2013
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103020 Surface physics, 103009 Solid state physics, 103018 Materials physics
Keywords
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/anisotropic-eliashberg-function-and-electronphonon-coupling-in-doped-graphene(d974a19f-c088-445a-b474-24e02cab88db).html