Theory of intrinsic acoustic plasmons in twisted bilayer graphene

We present a theoretical study of the intrinsic plasmonic properties of twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) as a function of the twist angle ¿ (and other microscopic parameters such as temperature and filling factor). Our calculations, which rely on the random phase approximation, take into account four...

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Autores: Cavicchi, Lorenzo, Torre, Iacopo|||0000-0001-6515-181X, Jarillo Herrero, Pablo, Koppens, Frank, Polini, Marco
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/427278
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.110.045431
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Palabra clave:Plasmons (Physics)
Graphene
Electron gas
Plasmons (Física)
Grafè
Gas d'electrons
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Física de partícules
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spelling Theory of intrinsic acoustic plasmons in twisted bilayer grapheneCavicchi, LorenzoTorre, Iacopo|||0000-0001-6515-181XJarillo Herrero, PabloKoppens, FrankPolini, MarcoPlasmons (Physics)GrapheneElectron gasPlasmons (Física)GrafèGas d'electronsÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Física de partículesWe present a theoretical study of the intrinsic plasmonic properties of twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) as a function of the twist angle ¿ (and other microscopic parameters such as temperature and filling factor). Our calculations, which rely on the random phase approximation, take into account four crucially important effects, which are treated on equal footing: (i) the layer-pseudospin degree of freedom, (ii) spatial nonlocality of the density-density response function, (iii) crystalline local field effects, and (iv) Hartree self-consistency. We show that the plasmonic spectrum of TBG displays a smooth transition from a strongly coupled regime (at twist angles ¿¿2°), where the low-energy spectrum is dominated by a weakly dispersive intraband plasmon, to a weakly coupled regime (for twist angles ¿¿2°) where an acoustic plasmon clearly emerges. This crossover offers the possibility of realizing tunable mid-infrared subwavelength cavities, whose vacuum fluctuations may be used to manipulate the ground state of strongly correlated electron systems.This work was supported by (i) the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 881603 - GrapheneCore3 and the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 873028 and (ii) the Italian Minister of University and Research (MUR) under the “Research projects of relevant national interest - PRIN 2020” - Project No. 2020JLZ52N, title “Light-matter interactions and the collective behavior of quantum 2D materials (q-LIMA)”. P.J.H. acknowledges support by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation's EPiQS Initiative through Grant No. GBMF9463, the Fundacion Ramon Areces, and the ICFO Distinguished Visiting Professor program. F.H.L.K. acknowledges financial support from the ERC TOPONANOP (726001), the Government of Catalonia trough the SGR grant, the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through the Severo Ochoa Programme for Centres of Excellence in R&D (Ref. SEV-2015-0522) and Explora Ciencia (Ref. FIS2017- 91599-EXP), Fundacio Cellex Barcelona, Generalitat de Catalunya through the CERCA program, the Mineco grant Plan Nacional (Ref. FIS2016-81044-P), and the Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR) (Ref. 2017-SGR-1656).Peer ReviewedAmerican Physical Society (APS)20242024-07-1920252025-03-31journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/427278https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.110.045431reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)InglésengEuropean Commission http://doi.org/10.13039/100010661 Horizon 2020 Framework Programme 881603 Graphene Flagship Core Project 3European Commission http://doi.org/10.13039/100010661 Horizon 2020 Framework Programme 873028 Hydrodynamic electronicsopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/4272782026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Theory of intrinsic acoustic plasmons in twisted bilayer graphene
title Theory of intrinsic acoustic plasmons in twisted bilayer graphene
spellingShingle Theory of intrinsic acoustic plasmons in twisted bilayer graphene
Cavicchi, Lorenzo
Plasmons (Physics)
Graphene
Electron gas
Plasmons (Física)
Grafè
Gas d'electrons
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Física de partícules
title_short Theory of intrinsic acoustic plasmons in twisted bilayer graphene
title_full Theory of intrinsic acoustic plasmons in twisted bilayer graphene
title_fullStr Theory of intrinsic acoustic plasmons in twisted bilayer graphene
title_full_unstemmed Theory of intrinsic acoustic plasmons in twisted bilayer graphene
title_sort Theory of intrinsic acoustic plasmons in twisted bilayer graphene
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cavicchi, Lorenzo
Torre, Iacopo|||0000-0001-6515-181X
Jarillo Herrero, Pablo
Koppens, Frank
Polini, Marco
author Cavicchi, Lorenzo
author_facet Cavicchi, Lorenzo
Torre, Iacopo|||0000-0001-6515-181X
Jarillo Herrero, Pablo
Koppens, Frank
Polini, Marco
author_role author
author2 Torre, Iacopo|||0000-0001-6515-181X
Jarillo Herrero, Pablo
Koppens, Frank
Polini, Marco
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Plasmons (Physics)
Graphene
Electron gas
Plasmons (Física)
Grafè
Gas d'electrons
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Física de partícules
topic Plasmons (Physics)
Graphene
Electron gas
Plasmons (Física)
Grafè
Gas d'electrons
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Física de partícules
description We present a theoretical study of the intrinsic plasmonic properties of twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) as a function of the twist angle ¿ (and other microscopic parameters such as temperature and filling factor). Our calculations, which rely on the random phase approximation, take into account four crucially important effects, which are treated on equal footing: (i) the layer-pseudospin degree of freedom, (ii) spatial nonlocality of the density-density response function, (iii) crystalline local field effects, and (iv) Hartree self-consistency. We show that the plasmonic spectrum of TBG displays a smooth transition from a strongly coupled regime (at twist angles ¿¿2°), where the low-energy spectrum is dominated by a weakly dispersive intraband plasmon, to a weakly coupled regime (for twist angles ¿¿2°) where an acoustic plasmon clearly emerges. This crossover offers the possibility of realizing tunable mid-infrared subwavelength cavities, whose vacuum fluctuations may be used to manipulate the ground state of strongly correlated electron systems.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv European Commission http://doi.org/10.13039/100010661 Horizon 2020 Framework Programme 881603 Graphene Flagship Core Project 3
European Commission http://doi.org/10.13039/100010661 Horizon 2020 Framework Programme 873028 Hydrodynamic electronics
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