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Infrared Spectroscopy for Diagnosing Superlattice Minibands in Twisted Bilayer Graphene near the Magic Angle

Published inNano letters, vol. 24, no. 50, p. 15956-15963
Publication date2024-12-18
First online date2024-12-05
Abstract

Twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) represents a highly tunable, strongly correlated electron system. However, understanding the single-particle band structure alone has been challenging due to a lack of spectroscopic measurements over a broad energy range. Here, we probe the band structure of TBG around the magic angle using infrared spectroscopy and reveal spectral features that originate from interband transitions. In combination with quantum transport, we connect spectral features over a broad energy range (10-700 meV) and track their evolution with the twist angle. We compare our data with calculations of the band structures obtained via the continuum model and find good agreement only when considering a variation of interlayer/intralayer tunneling parameters with the twist angle. Our analysis suggests that the magic angle also shifts due to lattice relaxation and is better defined for a wide angular range of 0.9-1.1°. Additionally, our measurements offer an optical fingerprint of the magic angle for screening heterostructures before nanofabrication.

Keywords
  • Continuum model
  • Infrared spectroscopy
  • Twisted bilayer graphene
Research groups
Funding
  • Comunidad de Madrid -
  • RWTH Aachen University -
  • Generalitat de Catalunya - [2021 SGR 01443]
  • Fundacion Cellex -
  • Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zürich -
  • European Commission - [PRTR-C17.I1]
  • Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology -
  • HORIZON EUROPE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions - [101034431]
  • Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology - [21H05233]
  • European Union NextGeneration - [EU/PRTR PCI2021-122020-2A]
  • European Commission - Topological nano-photonics [726001]
Citation (ISO format)
LI, Geng et al. Infrared Spectroscopy for Diagnosing Superlattice Minibands in Twisted Bilayer Graphene near the Magic Angle. In: Nano letters, 2024, vol. 24, n° 50, p. 15956–15963. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c02853
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