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Pseudospin, velocity and Berry phase in a bilayer graphene

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2014-10-09 v1

Abstract

Hamiltonian and eigenstate problem is formulated for a bilayer graphene in terms of Clifford's geometric algebra \textit{Cl}3,1_{3,1}. It is shown that such approach allows to perform analytical calculations in a simple way if geometrical algebra rotors are used. The measured quantities are express through spectrum and rotation half-angle of the pseudospin that appears in geometric algebra rotors. Properties of free charge carriers -- pseudospin, velocity and Berry phase -- in a bilayer graphene are investigated in the presence of the external voltage applied between the two layers.

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@article{arxiv.1410.2038,
  title  = {Pseudospin, velocity and Berry phase in a bilayer graphene},
  author = {Adolfas Dargys and Arturas Acus},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.2038},
  year   = {2014}
}

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18 pages, 10 figures