Nanophotonics (Jul 2021)

Twist angle dependent absorption feature induced by interlayer rotations in CVD bilayer graphene

  • Zhou Wen-Guang,
  • Leng Yu-Chen,
  • Liu Li-Xiang,
  • Yang Ming-Ming,
  • Liu Wei,
  • Liu Jing-Lan,
  • Zhao Pei,
  • Liu Yi,
  • Wang Long-Long,
  • Shang Ya-Xuan,
  • Li Xiao-Li,
  • Zhao Xiao-Hui,
  • Liu Xue-Lu,
  • Xu Yang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2021-0190
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 10
pp. 2695 – 2703

Abstract

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Bilayer graphene (BLG) grown via chemical vapor deposition (CVD) tends to exhibit twisted stacking. The twist angle θ t in twisted BLG (tBLG) provides a new degree of freedom for engineering its electronic and optical properties. In this paper, we investigate the θ t-dependent optical absorption in tBLG and deeply understand the electronic structure-optical properties correlations. New absorption peaks, whose wavelengths are modified by θ t, are observed on the feature of optical contrast (OC) in tBLG. Under the corresponding energy excitation, the Raman G mode in tBLG exhibits a significant enhancement. Furthermore, the results of θ t obtained by OC absorption peak are verified to be consistent with those by the Raman R mode. All these properties are proved to be related to the energy difference between low-energy Van Hove singularities (E VHS) in the density of states of tBLGs. This work builds a relation between optical absorption and twist angle, providing a viable method to identifying twist angles in tBLGs.

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