Hot electron relaxation and phonon dynamics in graphene

Using density-matrix theory, we microscopically calculate the relaxation dynamics of photoexcited electrons in graphene. Electron-phonon coupling leads to an initially ultrafast energy dissipation and to a nonthermal phonon occupation of the highest optical phonon modes. We also calculate the temporal evolution of the electronic temperature and find good agreement with recent experimental work.

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