Plasmonic Quantum Dots in Twisted Bilayer Graphene

Abstract

We derive a material-realistic real-space many-body Hamiltonian for twisted bilayer graphene from first principles, including both single-particle hopping terms for $p_z$ electrons and long-range Coulomb interactions. By disentangling low- and high-energy subspaces of the electronic dispersion, we are able to utilize state-of-the-art constrained Random Phase Approximation calculations to reliably describe the non-local background screening from the high-energy $s$, $p_x$, and $p_y$ electron states for arbitrary twist angles. The twist-dependent low-energy screening from $p_z$ states is subsequently added to obtain a full screening model. We use this approach to study real-space plasmonic patterns in electron-doped twisted bilayer graphene supercells and find, next to classical dipole-like modes, also twist-angle-dependent plasmonic quantum-dot-like excitations with $s$ and $p$ symmetries. Based on their inter-layer charge modulations and their footprints in the electron energy loss spectrum, we can classify these modes into "bright" and "dark" states, which show different dependencies on the twist angle.

arXiv comment9 pages, 8 figures

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