Floquet chiral edge states in graphene

2013/08/31 by Pablo M. Perez-Piskunow, P. M. Perez-Piskunow, Gonzalo Usaj +3 · 14 citations
Chemistry · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Chemistry #Condensed matter physics #Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution #Floquet theory #Graphene #Graphene research and applications #Laser #Materials science #Non-equilibrium thermodynamics #Nonlinear system #Physics #Polarization (electrochemistry) #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #Quantum mechanics #Telecommunications #Topological Materials and Phenomena #cond-mat.mes-hall #cond-mat.mtrl-sci

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.89.121401

published as Phys. Rev. B 89, 121401(R) (2014) · 5 pages, 3 figures

arxiv created 2014/01/28 · openalex publication_date 2014/03/05 · arxiv updated 2014/03/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We report on the emergence of laser-induced chiral edge states in graphene ribbons. Insights on the nature of these Floquet states is provided by an analytical solution which is complemented with numerical simulations of the transport properties. Guided by these results we show that graphene can be used for realizing nonequilibrium topological states with striking tunability: while the laser intensity can be used to control their velocity and decay length, changing the laser polarization switches their propagation direction.

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• Signature of edge states in resonant wave scattering
• Coherent destruction of tunneling in graphene irradiated by elliptically polarized lasers

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