Honeycomb lattice potentials and Dirac points

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DOI10.1090/S0894-0347-2012-00745-0zbMATH Open1316.35214arXiv1202.3839OpenAlexW2962908824MaRDI QIDQ5326486FDOQ5326486


Authors: Charles Fefferman, Michael I. Weinstein Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 6 August 2013

Published in: Journal of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that the two-dimensional Schroedinger operator with a potential having the symmetry of a honeycomb structure has dispersion surfaces with conical singularities (Dirac points) at the vertices of its Brillouin zone. No assumptions are made on the size of the potential. We then prove the robustness of such conical singularities to a restrictive class of perturbations, which break the honeycomb lattice symmetry. General small perturbations of potentials with Dirac points do not have Dirac points; their dispersion surfaces are smooth. The presence of Dirac points in honeycomb structures is associated with many novel electronic and optical properties of materials such as graphene.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1202.3839




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