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Effects of a modulated electric field on the optical absorption spectra in a single-layer graphene
Yu-Huang Chiu1, Jon-Hsu Ho, Yen-Hung Ho
1Department of Physics, National Cheng Kung University, 701 Tainan, Taiwan.
Abstract:
The optical absorption spectra of a graphene monolayer in the presence of a modulated electric field are investigated by the gradient approximation with tight-binding model. Such a field could strongly affect the low-energy electronic and optical properties. The low-energy bands exhibit two kinds of band-edge states (micro and upsilon), which lead to many prominent asymmetric peaks in the density of states (DOS). The finite DOS at omega = 0 implies that a single layer graphene in the presence of modulated electric fields would become a semimetallic one. The low-frequency optical absorption spectra display rich peaks and they vanish at omega = 0. Such absorption peaks mainly result from the two kinds of band-edge states and could be divided into two groups. However, they could not be ascribed to an obvious selection rule. It is worth noting that the optical absorption spectra could show anisotropic features in different modulated directions. The predicted results could be verified by the experimental measurements.
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