• 文献标题:   Relativistic ferromagnetic magnon at the zigzag edge of graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YOU JS, HUANG WM, LIN HH
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121
  • 通讯作者地址:   Natl Tsing Hua Univ
  • 被引频次:   12
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.78.161404
  • 出版年:   2008

▎ 摘  要

We study the spin-wave excitations near the zigzag edge of graphene. It is rather interesting that we obtain a single branch of relativistic ferromagnetic magnon due to the presence of the open boundary. Note that magnons in antiferromagnets appear in pairs, while the single branch magnon in ferromagnets does not have relativistic dispersion. Thus, the magnon near the zigzag edge of graphene is a hybrid of both, signaling its intrinsic property as a boundary excitation that must be embedded in a higher dimensional bulk system.