Band-selective simulation of photoelectron intensity and converging Berry phase in trilayer graphene

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Hauptverfasser: Im, Hayoon, Hwang, Sue Hyeon, Kang, Minhee, Kim, Kyoo, Kang, Haeyong, Hwang, Choongyu
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author Im, Hayoon
Hwang, Sue Hyeon
Kang, Minhee
Kim, Kyoo
Kang, Haeyong
Hwang, Choongyu
author_facet Im, Hayoon
Hwang, Sue Hyeon
Kang, Minhee
Kim, Kyoo
Kang, Haeyong
Hwang, Choongyu
contents Berry phase is one of the key elements to understand quantum-mechanical phenomena such as the Aharonov-Bohm effect and the unconventional Hall effect in graphene. The Berry phase in monolayer and bilayer graphene has been manifested by the anisotropic distribution of photoelectron intensity along a closed loop in the momentum space as well as its rotation by a characteristic angle upon rotating light polarization. Here we report the band-selective simulation of photoelectron intensity of trilayer graphene to understand its Berry phase within the tight-binding formalism. ABC- and ABA-stacked trilayer graphene show characteristic rotational angles of photoelectron intensity distribution, as predicted from their well-known Berry phases. Surprisingly, however, in ABA-stacked trilayer graphene, the rotational angle changes upon approaching toward the band touching point between the conduction and valence bands, which suggest that Berry phase changes as a function of binding energy. The binding energy-dependent Berry phase is attributed to the enhanced hybridization of the two electron bands of ABA-stacked trilayer graphene that converge at the band touching point, resulting in the converging Berry phase. These findings will provide an efficient way of tuning Berry phase and hence exotic phenomena stemming from the Berry phase.
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spellingShingle Band-selective simulation of photoelectron intensity and converging Berry phase in trilayer graphene
Im, Hayoon
Hwang, Sue Hyeon
Kang, Minhee
Kim, Kyoo
Kang, Haeyong
Hwang, Choongyu
Materials Science
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Berry phase is one of the key elements to understand quantum-mechanical phenomena such as the Aharonov-Bohm effect and the unconventional Hall effect in graphene. The Berry phase in monolayer and bilayer graphene has been manifested by the anisotropic distribution of photoelectron intensity along a closed loop in the momentum space as well as its rotation by a characteristic angle upon rotating light polarization. Here we report the band-selective simulation of photoelectron intensity of trilayer graphene to understand its Berry phase within the tight-binding formalism. ABC- and ABA-stacked trilayer graphene show characteristic rotational angles of photoelectron intensity distribution, as predicted from their well-known Berry phases. Surprisingly, however, in ABA-stacked trilayer graphene, the rotational angle changes upon approaching toward the band touching point between the conduction and valence bands, which suggest that Berry phase changes as a function of binding energy. The binding energy-dependent Berry phase is attributed to the enhanced hybridization of the two electron bands of ABA-stacked trilayer graphene that converge at the band touching point, resulting in the converging Berry phase. These findings will provide an efficient way of tuning Berry phase and hence exotic phenomena stemming from the Berry phase.
title Band-selective simulation of photoelectron intensity and converging Berry phase in trilayer graphene
topic Materials Science
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.07557