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Vibration-induced non-adiabatic geometric phase and energy uncertainty of fermions in graphene

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Shi-Jie Xiong1 and Ye Xiong2

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We investigate the geometric phase of fermion states under relative vibrations of two sublattices in graphene by solving the time-dependent Schödinger equation using the Floquet scheme. In a period of vibration the fermions acquire different geometric phases depending on their momenta. There are two regions in the momentum space: the adiabatic region where the geometric phase can be approximated by the Berry phase and the chaotic region where the geometric phase drastically fluctuates in changing parameters. The energy of fermions due to vibrations shows spikes in the chaotic region. The results suggest a possible dephasing mechanism which may cause classical-like transport properties in graphene.


PACS

81.05.Uw Carbon, diamond, graphite

03.65.Vf Phases: geometric; dynamic or topological

73.21.-b Electron states and collective excitations in multilayers, quantum wells, mesoscopic, and nanoscale systems

Subjects

Surfaces, interfaces and thin films

Condensed matter: structural, mechanical & thermal

Quantum information and quantum mechanics

Dates

Issue 6 (December 2007)

Received 18 June 2007, accepted for publication 21 October 2007

Published 13 November 2007



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