• 文献标题:   Dirac physics in flakes of artificial graphene in magnetic fields
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   AICHINGER M, JANECEK S, KYLANPAA I, RASANEN E
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121 EI 1550-235X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Austrian Acad Sci
  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.89.235433
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

Artificial graphene is a recently realized, man-made nanosystem that exhibits graphene-like physics in a tunable setup. The system can be created by, e. g., positioning molecules in a triangular lattice on a metal surface. Here, we model finite flakes of artificial graphene on a real-space grid and calculate their single-electron properties as a function of the flake size and the strength of an external magnetic field. Our calculations reveal the gradual formation of Dirac cones as well as a self-similar Hofstadter butterfly as the flake size is increased. Moreover, the density of states qualitatively agrees with the experimental data with and without the magnetic field.