• 文献标题:   Quantum quench dynamics and population inversion in bilayer graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DORA B, CASTRO EV, MOESSNER R
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121
  • 通讯作者地址:   Max Planck Inst Phys Komplexer Syst
  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.82.125441
  • 出版年:   2010

▎ 摘  要

The gap in bilayer graphene (BLG) can directly be controlled by a perpendicular electric field. By tuning the field through zero at a finite rate in neutral BLG, excited states are produced. Due to screening, the resulting dynamics is determined by coupled nonlinear Landau-Zener models. The generated defect density agrees with Kibble-Zurek theory in the presence of subleading logarithmic corrections. After the quench, population inversion occurs for wave vectors close to the Dirac point. This could, at least, in principle, provide a coherent source of infrared radiation with tunable spectral properties (frequency and broadening). Cold atoms with quadratic band crossing exhibit the same dynamics.