Electronic and optical properties of stacking-configuration-modulated bilayer graphene in electric and magnetic fields

Abstract

The electronic properties and optical excitations are investigated in the geometry- and field-modulated bilayer graphene systems, respectively, by using the tight-binding model and Kubo formula. The stacking symmetry of bilayer graphene can be manipulated by varying the width and position of domain wall (DW) within two normally stacked graphene. All the layer-dependent atomic interactions are taken into consideration under external fields. The modulation of stacking configuration gives rise to significant effects of zone folding on energy subbands, subenvelope wave functions, density of states, and optical absorption spectra. This study clearly illustrates the diverse 1D phenomena in the energy band structure and absorption spectra; the DW- and $V_z$-created dramatic variations are comprehensively explored under accurate calculations and delicate analysis. Concise physical pictures are proposed to give further insight into the quasi-1D behaviors.

arXiv comment48 pages, 13 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1805.10775

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