Interaction-Enhanced Coherence Between Two-Dimensional Dirac Layers

Details Interaction-Enhanced Coherence Between Two-Dimensional Dirac Layers Interaction-Enhanced Coherence Between Two-Dimensional Dirac Layers

2012-03-16

arxiv.org/abs/1203.3594v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

14 pages, 9 figures

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We estimate the strength of interaction-enhanced coherence between two graphene or topological insulator surface-state layers by solving imaginary-axis gap equations in the random phase approximation. Using a self-consistent treatment of dynamic screening of Coulomb interactions in the gapped phase, we show that the excitonic gap can reach values on the order of the Fermi energy at strong interactions. The gap is discontinuous as a function of interlayer separation and effective fine structure constant, revealing a first order phase transition between effectively incoherent and interlayer coherent phases. To achieve the regime of strong coherence the interlayer separation must be smaller than the Fermi wavelength, and the extrinsic screening of the medium embedding the Dirac layers must be negligible. In the case of a graphene double-layer we comment on the supportive role of the remote $\pi$-bands neglected in the two-band Dirac model.

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