• 文献标题:   Collective magnetic excitations in AA- and AB-stacked graphene bilayers
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SANCHEZ MS, GOMEZSANTOS G, STAUBER T
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
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  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.104.245412
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

We discuss novel transverse plasmon polaritons that are hosted by AA- and AB-stacked bilayer graphene due to perfect nesting. They are composed of oscillating counterflow currents in between the layers, giving a clear interpretation of these collective modes as magnetic excitations carrying magnetic moments parallel to the planes. For AA-stacked bilayer graphene, these modes can reach zero frequency at the neutrality point and we thus predict a symmetry-broken ground state leading to in-plane orbital ferromagnetism. Even though it could be hard to detect them in real solid-state devices, these novel magnetic plasmons should be observable in artificial setups such as optical lattices. Also, our results might be relevant for magic angle twisted bilayer graphene samples, as their electronic properties are mostly determined by confined AA-stacked regions.