• 文献标题:   Charge fractionalization in biased bilayer graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MARTINEZ JC, JALIL MBA, TAN SG
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICSCONDENSED MATTER
  • ISSN:   0953-8984
  • 通讯作者地址:   Natl Univ Singapore
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1088/0953-8984/24/33/335302
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

Fractional charge may arise when fermionic zero modes exist in a topological background field. In biased bilayer graphene (BBLG), the bias plays the role of the nontrivial background field. When semi-infinite BBLG with a zigzag edge is used, the dynamics induces an odd number of zero-energy modes, which, together with the conjugation symmetry between positive- and negative-energy states, are the requisite conditions for fractionalization. Exploiting the trigonal interaction to isolate a given zero-energy mode on the zigzag edge, we consider extended and localized modes (the latter being obtained from a localized wavepacket generated by prior irradiation of the sample with an electromagnetic vortex). The valley degeneracy is lifted by a layer asymmetry, while an edge-induced spin polarization breaks the spin degeneracy. We describe scenarios for the detection of charge-1/2 edge states.