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Condensed Matter > Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Title: Robust wavefront dislocations of Friedel oscillations in gapped graphene

Abstract: Friedel oscillation is a well-known wave phenomenon, which represents the oscillatory response of electron waves to imperfection. By utilizing the pseudospin-momentum locking in gapless graphene, two recent experiments demonstrate the measurement of the topological Berry phase by corresponding to the unique number of wavefront dislocations in Friedel oscillations. Here, we study the Friedel oscillations in gapped graphene, in which the pseudospin-momentum locking is broken. Unusually, the wavefront dislocations do occur as that in gapless graphene, which expects the immediate verification in the current experimental condition. The number of wavefront dislocations is ascribed to the invariant pseudospin winding number in gaped and gapless graphene. This study deepens the understanding of correspondence between topological quantity and wavefront dislocations in Friedel oscillations, and implies the possibility to observe the wavefront dislocations of Friedel oscillations in intrinsic gapped two-dimensional materials, e.g., transition metal dichalcogenides.
Comments: 5 pages, 3 figures
Subjects: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
Journal reference: Phys. Rev. B 103, 161407 (2021)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.103.L161407
Cite as: arXiv:2103.06480 [cond-mat.mes-hall]
  (or arXiv:2103.06480v1 [cond-mat.mes-hall] for this version)

Submission history

From: Shuhui Zhang [view email]
[v1] Thu, 11 Mar 2021 05:55:07 GMT (264kb)

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