• 文献标题:   Effective Floquet Hamiltonians for periodically driven twisted bilayer graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   VOGL M, RODRIGUEZVEGA M, FIETE GA
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Texas Austin
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.101.235411
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

We derive effective Floquet Hamiltonians for twisted bilayer graphene driven by circularly polarized light in two different regimes beyond the weak-drive, high-frequency regime. First, we consider a driving protocol relevant for experiments with frequencies smaller than the bandwidth and weak amplitudes and derive an effective Hamiltonian, which through a symmetry analysis, provides analytical insight into the rich effects of the drive. We find that circularly polarized light at low frequencies can selectively decrease the strength of AA-type interlayer hopping while leaving the AB-type unaffected. Then, we consider the intermediate frequency and intermediate-strength drive regime. We provide a compact and accurate effective Hamiltonian which we compare with the Van Vleck expansion and demonstrate that it provides a significantly improved representation of the exact quasienergies. Finally, we discuss the effect of the drive on the symmetries, Fermi velocity, and the gap of the Floquet flat bands.