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

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Published 13 November 2007 Europhysics Letters Association
, , Citation Shi-Jie Xiong and Ye Xiong 2007 EPL 80 60008 DOI 10.1209/0295-5075/80/60008

0295-5075/80/6/60008

Abstract

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.

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