• 文献标题:   Experimental evidence of plasmarons and effective fine structure constant in electron-doped graphene/h-BN heterostructure
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHANG HY, WANG SP, WANG ER, LU XB, LI Q, BAO CH, DENG K, ZHANG HX, YAO W, CHEN GR, FEDOROV AV, DENLINGER JD, WATANABE K, TANIGUCHI T, ZHANG GY, ZHOU SY
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  • 出版物名称:   NPJ QUANTUM MATERIALS
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  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1038/s41535-021-00386-7
  • 出版年:   2021

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Electron-electron interaction is fundamental in condensed matter physics and can lead to composite quasiparticles called plasmarons, which strongly renormalize the dispersion and carry information of electron-electron coupling strength as defined by the effective fine structure constant alpha(+)(ee). Although h-BN with unique dielectric properties has been widely used as an important substrate for graphene, so far there is no experimental report of plasmarons in graphene/h-BN yet. Here, we report direct experimental observation of plasmaron dispersion in graphene/h-BN heterostructures through angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) measurements upon in situ electron doping. Characteristic diamond-shaped dispersion is observed near the Dirac cone in both 0 degrees (aligned) and 13.5 degrees {twisted) graphene/h-BN, and the electron-electron interaction strength alpha(+)(ee) is extracted to be alpha(+)(ee)approximate to 0.9 +/- 0.1, highlighting the important role of electron-electron interaction. Our results suggest graphene/h-BN as an ideal platform for investigating strong electron-electron interaction with weak dielectric screening, and lays fundamental physics for gate-tunable nano-electronics and nano-plasmonics.