Saturation of interband absorption in graphene

Abstract

The transient response of an intrinsic graphene, which is caused by the ultrafast interband transitions, is studied theoretically for the range of pumping correspondent to the saturated absorption regime. Spectral and temporal dependencies of the photoexcited concentration as well as the transmission and relative absorption coefficients are considered for mid-IR and visible (or near-IR) spectral regions at different durations of pulse and broadening energies. The characteristic intensities of saturation are calculated and the results are compared with the experimental data measured for the near-IR lasers with a saturable absorber. The negative absorption of a probe radiation during cascade emission of optical phonons is obtained.