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Electronic excitations and electron-phonon coupling in bulk graphite through Raman scattering in high magnetic fields

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2015-05-30 v1 Materials Science

Abstract

We use polarized magneto-Raman scattering to study purely electronic excitations and the electron-phonon coupling in bulk graphite. At a temperature of 4.2 K and in magnetic fields up to 28 T we observe KK-point electronic excitations involving Landau bands with Δn=0\Delta |n|=0 and with Δn=±2\Delta |n|=\pm2 that can be selected by controlling the angular momentum of the excitation laser and of the scattered light. The magneto-phonon effect involving the E2gE_{2g} optical phonon and KK-point inter Landau bands electronic excitations with Δn=±1\Delta |n|=\pm1 is revealed and analyzed within a model taking into account the full kzk_z dispersion. These polarization resolved results are explained in the frame of the Slonczewski-Weiss-McClure (SWM) model which directly allows to quantify the electron-hole asymmetry.

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@article{arxiv.1110.4262,
  title  = {Electronic excitations and electron-phonon coupling in bulk graphite through Raman scattering in high magnetic fields},
  author = {P. Kossacki and C. Faugeras and M. Kühne and M. Orlita and A. A. L. Nicolet and J. M. Schneider and D. M. Basko and Y. I. Latyshev and M. Potemski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.4262},
  year   = {2015}
}

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13 pages, 10 figures