Topological valley plasmons in twisted monolayer-double graphene moiré superlattices

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Autores principales: Luo, Weiwei, Fan, Jiang, Kuzmenko, Alexey B., Cai, Wei, Xu, Jingjun
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Publicado: 2024
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author Luo, Weiwei
Fan, Jiang
Kuzmenko, Alexey B.
Cai, Wei
Xu, Jingjun
author_facet Luo, Weiwei
Fan, Jiang
Kuzmenko, Alexey B.
Cai, Wei
Xu, Jingjun
contents In topological photonics, artificial photonic structures are constructed for realizing nontrivial unidirectional propagation of photonic information. On the other hand, moiré superlattices are emerging as an important avenue for engineering quantum materials with novel properties. In this paper, we combine these two aspects and demonstrate theoretically that moiré superlattices of small-angle twisted monolayer-bilayer graphene provide a natural platform for valley protected plasmons. Particularly, a complete plasmonic bandgap appears stemming from the distinct optical conductivities of the ABA and ABC stacked triangular domains. Moreover, the plasmonic crystals exhibit nonzero valley Chern numbers and unidirectional transport of plasmonic edge states protected from inter-valley scattering is presented.
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spellingShingle Topological valley plasmons in twisted monolayer-double graphene moiré superlattices
Luo, Weiwei
Fan, Jiang
Kuzmenko, Alexey B.
Cai, Wei
Xu, Jingjun
Optics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
In topological photonics, artificial photonic structures are constructed for realizing nontrivial unidirectional propagation of photonic information. On the other hand, moiré superlattices are emerging as an important avenue for engineering quantum materials with novel properties. In this paper, we combine these two aspects and demonstrate theoretically that moiré superlattices of small-angle twisted monolayer-bilayer graphene provide a natural platform for valley protected plasmons. Particularly, a complete plasmonic bandgap appears stemming from the distinct optical conductivities of the ABA and ABC stacked triangular domains. Moreover, the plasmonic crystals exhibit nonzero valley Chern numbers and unidirectional transport of plasmonic edge states protected from inter-valley scattering is presented.
title Topological valley plasmons in twisted monolayer-double graphene moiré superlattices
topic Optics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07268