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Flat-band optical phonons in twisted bilayer graphene
Istituto di Struttura della Materia, CNR (ISM-CNR), 34149 Trieste, Italy.
Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados, IMDEA Nanociencia, Calle Faraday 9, 28049 Madrid, Spain, Calle Faraday 9.
Nordia SU; Department of Physics, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom, Claverton Down.
Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados, IMDEA Nanociencia, Calle Faraday 9, 28049 Madrid, Spain, Calle Faraday 9; Donostia International Physics Center, Paseo Manuel de Lardizábal 4, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain; Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48009 Bilbao, Spain.
2023 (English)In: Physical Review B, ISSN 2469-9950, E-ISSN 2469-9969, Vol. 108, no 12, article id 125401Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Twisting bilayer sheets of graphene have been proven to be an efficient way to manipulate the electronic Dirac-like properties, resulting in flat bands at magic angles. Inspired by the electronic model, we develop a continuum model for the lattice dynamics of twisted bilayer graphene and we show that a remarkable band flattening applies to almost all the high-frequency in-plane lattice vibration modes, including the valley Dirac phonon, valley optical phonon, and zone-center optical phonon bands. Utilizing an approximate approach, we estimate small but finite magic angles at which a vanishing phonon bandwidth is expected. In contrast to the electronic case, the existence of a restoring potential prohibits the emergence of a magic angle in a more accurate modeling. The predicted phonon band flattening is highly tunable by the twist angle and this strong dependence is directly accessible by spectroscopic tools.

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American Physical Society (APS) , 2023. Vol. 108, no 12, article id 125401
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Condensed Matter Physics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-338358DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.108.125401ISI: 001080542900004Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85172665064OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-338358DiVA, id: diva2:1806250
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Available from: 2023-10-20 Created: 2023-10-20 Last updated: 2023-10-31Bibliographically approved

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