• 文献标题:   Magnetoelectric effect in bilayer graphene controlled by valley-isospin density
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZUELICKE U, WINKLER R
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121 EI 1550-235X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Victoria Univ
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.90.125412
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

We show that bilayer graphene (BLG) exhibits magnetoelectric (ME) effects that are formally similar to those commonly seen in band insulators with broken inversion and time-reversal symmetries. Three unusual features characterize the ME responses exhibited by BLG: (i) unlike most other ME media, BLG is a conductor, (ii) BLG has a nonquantized ME coupling even though its electronic structure does not break parity and time-reversal symmetry, and (iii) the magnitude of the ME coupling in BLG is determined by the valley-isospin density, which can be manipulated experimentally. This last property also enables a purely electricmeasurement of valley-isospin densities. While our theoretical arguments use BLG as an example, they are generally valid for any material with similar symmetries.