• 文献标题:   Van Hove Singularities and Excitonic Effects in the Optical Conductivity of Twisted Bilayer Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HAVENER RW, LIANG YF, BROWN L, YANG L, PARK J
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, twisted bilayer graphene, optical spectroscopy, gwbse
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Cornell Univ
  • 被引频次:   64
  • DOI:   10.1021/nl500823k
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

We report a systematic study of the optical conductivity of twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) across a large energy range (1.2-5.6 eV) for various twist angles, combined with first-principles calculations. At previously unexplored high energies, our data show signatures of multiple van Hove singularities (vHSs) in the tBLG bands as well as the nonlinearity of the single layer graphene bands and their electron-hole asymmetry. Our data also suggest that excitonic effects play a vital role in the optical spectra of tBLG. Including electron-hole interactions in first-principles calculations is essential to reproduce the shape of the conductivity spectra, and we find evidence of coherent interactions between the states associated with the multiple vHSs in tBLG.