https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-026-07567-y
Regular Article
Gravitational wave-sensitive photonic-like electronic transport in graphene for efficient high-frequency gravitational wave detection
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School of Physics and Mechatronic Engineering, Guizhou Minzu University, 550025, Guiyang, China
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School of Information Engineering, Zhongshan Polytechnic, 528400, Zhongshan, China
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School of Mathematics, Physics and Statistics, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, 201620, Shanghai, China
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School of Physics, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, China
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Received:
12
August
2025
Accepted:
12
March
2026
Published online:
31
March
2026
Abstract
High-frequency gravitational waves are crucial for understanding the very early universe and distinguishing between various cosmological models, but detecting them remains a significant challenge. We investigated the effects of high-frequency gravitational waves on photonic-like electronic transport in graphene. The results show that unlike the influence of gravitational waves on the propagation of light, the influence of gravitational waves on photonic-like electronic transport can accumulate not only in real space but also in k-space. This makes photonic-like electronic transport under gravitational waves similar to the propagation of light in a medium where the refractive index varies dramatically due to gravitational waves, and with shorter wavelengths. As a result, the relative intensity variation in photonic-like electronic transport under gravitational waves exceeds that of a laser interferometer with the same arm length by six orders of magnitude. At low temperatures, the influence of phonons on photon-like transport in the context of high-frequency gravitational waves can be ignored. These findings indicate a strong interaction between gravitational waves and electron transport, which helps to deepen the understanding of the interaction between gravitational waves and matter, and provides a different method for detecting high-frequency gravitational waves.
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