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Excitonic Josephson effect in double-layer graphene junctions

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2015-08-26 v2

Abstract

We show that double-layer graphene (DLG), where an external potential induces an charge-imbalance between nn- and pp-type layers, is a promising candidate to realize an exciton condensate in equilibrium. To prove this phenomenon experimentally, we suggest to couple two DLG systems, separated by a thin insulating barrier, and measure the excitonic Josephson effect. For this purpose we calculate the ac and dc Josephson currents induced by tunneling excitons and show that the former only occurs when the gate potentials of the DLG systems differ, irrespective of the phase relationship of their excitonic order parameters. A dc Josephson current develops if a finite order-parameter phase difference exists between two coupled DLG systems with identical gate potentials.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1503.06008,
  title  = {Excitonic Josephson effect in double-layer graphene junctions},
  author = {B. Zenker and H. Fehske and H. Beck},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.06008},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

5 pages, 4 figures, revised version

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