• 文献标题:   Change of chirality at magic angles of twisted bilayer graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   STAUBER T, GONZALEZ J, GOMEZSANTOS G
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   Inst Ciencia Mat Madrid ICMM CSIC
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.102.081404
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

We derive a simple formula for the real-space chirality of twisted bilayer graphene that can be related to the cross product of its sheet currents. This quantity shows well-defined plateaus for the first remote band as a function of the gate voltage which are approximately quantized for commensurate twist angles. The zeroth plateau corresponds to the first magic angle where a sign change occurs due to an emergent C-6 symmetry. Our observation offers a new definition of the magic angle based on a macroscopic observable which is accessible in typical transport experiments.