• 文献标题:   Atomic resolution imaging of the two-component Dirac-Landau levels in a gapped graphene monolayer
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WANG WX, YIN LJ, QIAO JB, CAI TC, LI SY, DOU RF, NIE JC, WU XS, HE L
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   Beijing Normal Univ
  • 被引频次:   12
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.92.165420
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

The wave function of Dirac fermions is a two-component spinor. In graphene, a one-atom-thick film showing two-dimensional Dirac-like electronic excitations, the two-component representation, reflects the amplitude of the electron wave function on the A and B sublattices. This unique property provides unprecedented opportunities to image the two components of Dirac fermions spatially. Here, we report atomic resolution imaging of two-component Dirac-Landau levels in gapped graphene monolayers by scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy. A gap of about 20 meV, driven by inversion symmetry breaking by the substrate potential, is observed in the graphene sheets on both SiC and graphite substrates. Such a gap splits the n = 0 Landau level (LL) into two levels, 0(+) and 0(-). We demonstrate that the amplitude of the wave function of the 0(+) LL is mainly on the A sites and that of the 0(-) LL is mainly on the B sites of graphene, characterizing the internal structure of the spinor of the n = 0 LL. This provides direct evidence of the two-component nature of Dirac fermions.