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Electric-field–induced lifting of the valley degeneracy in α-(BEDT-TTF)2I3 Dirac-like Landau levels

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M. O. Goerbig, J.-N. Fuchs, G. Montambaux and F. Piéchon

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The relativistic Landau levels in the layered organic material α-(BEDT-TTF)2I3 (BEDT-TTF = bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene) are sensitive to the tilt of the Dirac cones, which, as in the case of graphene, determine the low-energy electronic properties under appropriate pressure. We show that an applied in-plane electric field, which happens to be in competition with the tilt of the cones, lifts the twofold valley degeneracy due to a different level spacing. This scenario may be tested in infrared transmission spectroscopy.


PACS

73.43.-f Quantum Hall effects

73.61.Ph Polymers; organic compounds

73.61.Wp Fullerenes and related materials

Subjects

Soft matter, liquids and polymers

Surfaces, interfaces and thin films

Dates

Issue 5 (March 2009)

Received 12 January 2009, accepted for publication 13 February 2009

Published 19 March 2009



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