• 文献标题:   Metal-insulator transition in graphene induced by circularly polarized photons
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KIBIS OV
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   Novosibirsk State Tech Univ
  • 被引频次:   98
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.81.165433
  • 出版年:   2010

▎ 摘  要

Exact stationary solutions of the electron-photon Dirac equation are obtained to describe the strong interaction between massless Dirac fermions in graphene and circularly polarized photons. It follows from them that this interaction forms bound electron-photon states which should be considered as a kind of charged quasiparticles. The energy spectrum of the quasiparticles is of dielectric type and characterized by an energy gap between the valence and conductivity bands. Therefore the electron-photon interaction results in metal-insulator transition in graphene. The stationary energy gap, induced by photons, and concomitant effects can be observed for graphene exposed to a laser-generated circularly polarized electromagnetic wave.