Accurate determination of electron-hole asymmetry and next-nearest neighbor hopping in graphene

Autor: Kretinin, A., Yu, G. L., Jalil, R., Cao, Y., Withers, F., Mishchenko, A., Katsnelson, M. I., Novoselov, K. S., Geim, A. K., Guinea, F.
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Phys. Rev. B, vol. 88, 165427 (2013)
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.165427
Popis: The next-nearest neighbor hopping term t' determines a magnitude and, hence, importance of several phenomena in graphene, which include self-doping due to broken bonds and the Klein tunneling that in the presence of t' is no longer perfect. Theoretical estimates for t' vary widely whereas a few existing measurements by using polarization resolved magneto-spectroscopy have found surprisingly large t', close or even exceeding highest theoretical values. Here we report dedicated measurements of the density of states in graphene by using high-quality capacitance devices. The density of states exhibits a pronounced electron-hole asymmetry that increases linearly with energy. This behavior yields t' approx -0.30 eV +-15%, in agreement with the high end of theory estimates. We discuss the role of electron-electron interactions in determining t' and overview phenomena which can be influenced by such a large value of t'.
Databáze: arXiv