Topological confinement in bilayer graphene

Details Topological confinement in bilayer graphene Topological confinement in bilayer graphene

2007-09-21

arxiv.org/abs/0709.3522v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 036804 (2008)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

4 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.036804

We study a new type of one-dimensional chiral states that can be created in bilayer graphene (BLG) by electrostatic lateral confinement. These states appear on the domain walls separating insulating regions experiencing the opposite gating polarity. While the states are similar to conventional solitonic zero-modes, their properties are defined by the unusual chiral BLG quasiparticles, from which they derive. The number of zero-mode branches is fixed by the topological vacuum charge of the insulating BLG state. We discuss how these chiral states can manifest experimentally, and emphasize their relevance for valleytronics.

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