Experimental evidence of plasmarons and effective fine structure constant in electron-doped graphene/h-BN heterostructure
arXiv:2110.00829 · doi:10.1038/s41535-021-00386-7
Abstract
Electron-electron interaction is fundamental in condensed matter physics and can lead to composite quasiparticles called plasmarons, which strongly renormalize the dispersion and carry information of electron-electron coupling strength as defined by the effective fine structure constant . Although h-BN with unique dielectric properties has been widely used as an important substrate for graphene, so far there is no experimental report of plasmarons in graphene/h-BN yet. Here, we report direct experimental observation of plasmaron dispersion in graphene/h-BN heterostructures through angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) measurements upon {\it in situ} electron doping. Characteristic diamond-shaped dispersion is observed near the Dirac cone in both 0 (aligned) and 13.5 (twisted) graphene/h-BN, and the electron-electron interaction strength is extracted to be , highlighting the important role of electron-electron interaction. Our results suggest graphene/h-BN as an ideal platform for investigating strong electron-electron interaction with weak dielectric screening, and lays fundamental physics for gate-tunable nano-electronics and nano-plasmonics.
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