• 文献标题:   Weyl-Wigner description of massless Dirac plasmas: ab initio quantum plasmonics for monolayer graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   FIGUEIREDO JL, BIZARRO JPS, TERCAS H
  • 作者关键词:   weylwigner formalism, massless dirac particle, plasmonic, graphene
  • 出版物名称:   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   1367-2630
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  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1088/1367-2630/ac5132
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

We derive, from first principles and using the Weyl-Wigner formalism, a fully quantum kinetic model describing the dynamics in phase space of Dirac electrons in single-layer graphene. In the limit PLANCK CONSTANT OVER TWO PI -> 0, we recover the well-known semiclassical Boltzmann equation, widely used in graphene plasmonics. The polarizability function is calculated and, as a benchmark, we retrieve the result based on the random-phase approximation. By keeping all orders in PLANCK CONSTANT OVER TWO PI, we use the newly derived kinetic equation to construct a fluid model for macroscopic variables written in the pseudospin space. As we show, the novel PLANCK CONSTANT OVER TWO PI-dependent terms can be written as corrections to the average current and pressure tensor. Upon linearization of the fluid equations, we obtain a quantum correction to the plasmon dispersion relation, of order PLANCK CONSTANT OVER TWO PI (2), akin to the Bohm term of quantum plasmas. In addition, the average variables provide a way to examine the value of the effective hydrodynamic mass of the carriers. For the latter, we find a relation in which Drude's mass is multiplied by the square of a velocity-dependent, Lorentz-like factor, with the speed of light replaced by the Fermi velocity, a feature stemming from the quasi-relativistic nature of the Dirac fermions.