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• TITLE: Generation and Propagation of Ultrasonic Waves in Piezoelectric Graphene Nanoribbon

  AUTHORS: Musah Rabiu, Samuel Y. Mensah, Sulemana S. Abukari, Matthew Amekpewu, Baah Sefa-Ntiri, Anthony Twum

  KEYWORDS: Current Density; Negative Differential Conductivity; Commensurable Frequencies

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Acoustics, Vol.3 No.3A, September 12, 2013

  ABSTRACT: Generation and propagation of ultrasonic waves in single layer Graphene Nanoribbon is studied using semi-classical approach. When piezoelectric Graphene Nanoribbon (GNR) is exposed to time varying light beam, ultrasonic waves are produced which propagate in the medium. At low frequencies, we observed oscillations of the ultrasonic observables, velocity change and attenuation which are characteristics of massless Dirac fermions in graphene. Exploiting this oscillatory behavior, we estimate graphene’s electronic mobility to be around . Propagating ultrasonic waves can be amplified, depending on the electric field amplitude. Specifically, amplification occurs when drift velocity exceeds sound velocity. This scheme can be employed for efficient ultrasonic amplifier device operation.