Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Vermilyea, Brian S., Fogler, Michael M.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
Subjects:
Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03781
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1866914527919996928
author Vermilyea, Brian S.
Fogler, Michael M.
author_facet Vermilyea, Brian S.
Fogler, Michael M.
contents We study surface plasmons in minimally-twisted gapped bilayer graphene that contains a triangular network of partial dislocations (or AB-BA domain walls) hosting topologically protected one-dimensional electronic states. We show that this system behaves as a plasmonic crystal and we calculate its band structure by solving classical equations of motion for charge dynamics on the network links with impedance boundary conditions at the network nodes. The plasmon dispersion exhibits several notable features such as multiple gapless branches, flat bands, and dissipationless modes at high-symmetry points. We compare our network-based formalism with the conventional random phase approximation and discuss when each approach is valid. Calculations of plasmon waves launched by local scatterers are presented to simulate terahertz nano-imaging experiments.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2509_03781
institution arXiv
publishDate 2025
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Twisted bilayer graphene as a terahertz plasmonic crystal
Vermilyea, Brian S.
Fogler, Michael M.
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
We study surface plasmons in minimally-twisted gapped bilayer graphene that contains a triangular network of partial dislocations (or AB-BA domain walls) hosting topologically protected one-dimensional electronic states. We show that this system behaves as a plasmonic crystal and we calculate its band structure by solving classical equations of motion for charge dynamics on the network links with impedance boundary conditions at the network nodes. The plasmon dispersion exhibits several notable features such as multiple gapless branches, flat bands, and dissipationless modes at high-symmetry points. We compare our network-based formalism with the conventional random phase approximation and discuss when each approach is valid. Calculations of plasmon waves launched by local scatterers are presented to simulate terahertz nano-imaging experiments.
title Twisted bilayer graphene as a terahertz plasmonic crystal
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03781