• 文献标题:   Regular quantum plasmons in segments of graphene nanoribbons
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WANG BJ, LIN JZ, KE SH
  • 作者关键词:   quantum plasmon, graphene nanoribbon
  • 出版物名称:   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS C
  • ISSN:   0129-1831 EI 1793-6586
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1142/S0129183122501418 EA APR 2022
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

Graphene plasmons have advantages over noble metal plasmons such as high tenability and low loss. However, for graphene nanostructures smaller than 10 nm, little is known about their plasmons or whether regular plasmonic behavior exists, despite their potential applications. Here, we present first-principles calculations of plasmon excitations in zigzag graphene nanoribbon segments. Very regular plasmonic behavior is found: Only one plasmon mode exists in the low-energy regime (< 1.5 eV). The classical electrostatic scaling law still approximately holds when the width (W) is larger than similar to 1.5 nm but totally fails when W < 1.5 nm due to quantum effects. The scaling with different doping densities shows that the plasmon is nearly free-electron plasmon instead of Dirac plasmon.