When pretty permalinks are enabled, the query var is category_name:
$wp_query->query_vars['category_name'];
or use get_queried_object:
$this_category = get_queried_object();
echo $this_category->term_id;
echo $this_category->name;
echo $this_category->slug;
// etc..
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