Charge fractionalization in biased bilayer graphene

Details Charge fractionalization in biased bilayer graphene Charge fractionalization in biased bilayer graphene

2010-07-08

arxiv.org/abs/1007.1284v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

15 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

We study charge fractionalization in bilayer graphene which is intimately related to its zero modes. In the unbiased case, the valley zero modes occur in pairs rendering it unsuitable for charge fractionalization. A bias plays the role of a bosonic field with nontrivial topology allowing for the exploration of Dirac-like dynamics at higher particle momenta. It also induces an odd number of zero modes, which, together with the conjugation symmetry between positive and negative energy states, are the requisite conditions for charge fractionalization. A self-conjugate, localized zero mode is constructed for a semi-infinite graphene sheet with zigzag edge; scenarios can occur readily where one sublattice component (pseudospin) dominates. While the other valley also has a similar zero mode, a layer asymmetry can be invoked to lift this degeneracy allowing for detection of distinguishable charge-1/2 edge states per valley.

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