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Temperature effects on magnetoplasmon spectrum of a weakly modulated graphene monolayer

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2011-09-23 v2

Abstract

In this work, we determine the effects of temperature on the magnetoplasmon spectrum of an electrically modulated graphene monolayer as well as the two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG). The intra-Landau-band magnetoplasmon spectrum within the Self Consistent Field (SCF) approach is investigated for both the aforementioned systems. Results obtained not only exhibit Shubnikov-de Hass (SdH) oscillations but also commensurability oscillations (Weiss oscillations). These oscillations are periodic as a function of inverse magnetic field. We find that both the magnetic oscillations, SdH and Weiss, have a greater amplitude and are more robust against temperature in graphene compared to conventional 2DEG. Furthermore, there is a π\pi phase shift between the magnetoplasmon oscillations in the two systems which can be attributed to Dirac electrons in graphene acquiring a Berry's phase as they traverse a closed path in a magnetic field.

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@article{arxiv.0807.1894,
  title  = {Temperature effects on magnetoplasmon spectrum of a weakly modulated graphene monolayer},
  author = {M. Tahir and K. Sabeeh and A. MacKinnon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.1894},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

11 pages, 3 figures, Accepted in J. Phys. Condensed matter