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Berry Phase Transition in Twisted Bilayer Graphene

Materials Science 2016-08-31 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

The electronic dispersion of a graphene bilayer is highly dependent on rotational mismatch between layers and can be further manipulated by electrical gating. This allows for an unprecedented control over electronic properties and opens up the possibility of flexible band structure engineering. Here we present novel magnetotransport data in a twisted bilayer, crossing the energetic border between decoupled monolayers and coupled bilayer. In addition a transition in Berry phase between pi and 2pi is observed at intermediate magnetic fields. Analysis of Fermi velocities and gate induced charge carrier densities suggests an important role of strong layer asymmetry for the observed phenomena.

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@article{arxiv.1603.04806,
  title  = {Berry Phase Transition in Twisted Bilayer Graphene},
  author = {Johannes C. Rode and Dmitri Smirnov and Hennrik Schmidt and Rolf J. Haug},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.04806},
  year   = {2016}
}

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20 pages main paper + 10 pages supporting information

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