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The Dirac Hamiltonian formalism is applied to a system in $(2+1)$-dimensions consisting of a Dirac field $\psi$ minimally coupled to Chern-Simons $U(1)$ and $SO(2,1)$ connections, $A$ and $\omega$, respectively. This theory is connected to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-08-22 Alfredo Guevara , Pablo Pais , Jorge Zanelli

We devise a supersymmetry-based method for the construction of zero-energy states in graphene. Our method is applied to a two-dimensional massless Dirac equation with a hyperbolic scalar potential. We determine supersymmetric partners of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-09-13 Axel Schulze Halberg , Pinaki Roy

This paper is aimed to review and promote the main applications of the methods of Quantum Field Theory to description of quantum effects in graphene. We formulate the effective electromagnetic action following from the Dirac model for the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-12-22 Ignat V. Fialkovsky , Dmitri V. Vassilevich

We demonstrate that the electronic spectrum of graphene in a one-dimensional periodic potential will develop a Landau level spectrum when the potential magnitude varies slowly in space. The effect is related to extra Dirac points generated…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-02-28 Jianmin Sun , H. A. Fertig , L. Brey

We analyze a gap equation for the propagator of Dirac quasiparticles and conclude that in graphene in a magnetic field, the order parameters connected with the quantum Hall ferromagnetism dynamics and those connected with the magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 E. V. Gorbar , V. P. Gusynin , V. A. Miransky

A transfer matrix method is presented for solving the scattering problem for the quasi one-dimensional massless Dirac equation applied to graphene in the presence of an arbitrary inhomogeneous electric and perpendicular magnetic field. It…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-05-17 Sameer Grover , Sankalpa Ghosh , Manish Sharma

The different physical properties of multilayered graphene or graphite relative to single layer graphene result from the Dirac spins symmetry in graphene and the Pauli spin symmetry in graphite. The Dirac symmetry in multilayers of graphene…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-10-28 Reginald B. Little , Glenn J. Gex , Muhammad Ansari , James W. Mitchell

There is evidence for existence of massless Dirac quasi-particles in graphene, which satisfy Dirac equation in (1+2) dimensions near the so called Dirac points which lie at the corners at the graphene's brilluoin zone. We revisit the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Riazuddin

Superlattices (SLs) in monolayer and bilayer graphene, formed by spatially periodic potential variations, lead to a modified bandstructure with extra finite-energy and zero-energy Dirac fermions with tunable anisotropic velocities. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-05-14 Si Wu , Matthew Killi , Arun Paramekanti

We study the electronic states of graphene in piecewise constant potentials using the continuum Dirac equation appropriate at low energies, and a transfer matrix method. For superlattice potentials, we identify patterns of induced Dirac…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 D. P. Arovas , L. Brey , H. A. Fertig , Eun-Ah Kim , K. Ziegler

We study the quantum Hall effect in a monolayer graphene by using an approach based on thermodynamical properties. This can be done by considering a system of Dirac particles in an electromagnetic field and taking into account of the edges…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-20 Ahmed Jellal

Low-energy single-electron dynamics in graphene monolayers and similar nanostructures is described by the Dirac model, being a 2+1 dimensional version of massless QED with the speed of light replaced by the Fermi velocity v_{F}=c/300.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-18 S. P. Gavrilov , D. M. Gitman

By solving two-component spinor equation for massless Dirac Fermions, we show that graphene under a periodic external magnetic field exhibits a unique energy spectrum: At low energies, Dirac Fermions are localized inside the magnetic region…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-11-26 Shuanglong Liu , Argo Nurbawono , Na Guo , Chun Zhang

We investigate the emergence of extra Dirac points in the electronic structure of a periodically spaced barrier system, i.e., a superlattice, on single-layer graphene, using a Dirac-type Hamiltonian. Using square barriers allows us to find…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 M. Barbier , P. Vasilopoulos , F. M. Peeters

We study magneto--optical properties of monolayer graphene by means of quantum field theory methods in the framework of the Dirac model. We reveal a good agreement between the Dirac model and a recent experiment on giant Faraday rotation in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-11-30 I. V. Fialkovsky , D. V. Vassilevich

The properties of Dirac electrons in a magnetic superlattice (SL) on graphene consisting of very high and thin (delta-function) barriers are investigated. We obtain the energy spectrum analytically and study the transmission through a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 M. Ramezani Masir , P. Vasilopoulos , F. M. Peeters

Along the years, supersymmetric quantum mechanics (SUSY QM) has been used for studying solvable quantum potentials. It is the simplest method to build Hamiltonians with prescribed spectra in the spectral design. The key is to pair two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-02-13 David J. Fernandez C

Graphene, a monolayer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal pattern, provides a unique two-dimensional (2D) system exhibiting exotic phenomena such as quantum Hall effects, massless Dirac quasiparticle excitations and universal absorption…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-04-23 K. M. Dani , J. Lee , R. Sharma , A. D. Mohite , C. M. Galande , P. M. Ajayan , A. M. Dattelbaum , H. Htoon , A. J. Taylor , R. P. Prasankumar

The present article discusses magnetic confinement of the Dirac excitations in graphene in presence of inhomogeneous magnetic fields. In the first case a magnetic field directed along the z axis whose magnitude is proportional to $1/r$ is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Pratim Roy , Tarun Kanti Ghosh , Kaushik Bhattacharya

The generalized tight-binding model, with the exact diagonalization method, is developed to investigate optical properties of graphene in five kinds of external fields. The quite large Hamiltonian matrix is transferred into the band-like…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-03-31 Y. H. Chiu , Y. C. Ou , M. F. Lin