| Issue |
EPL
Volume 87, Number 2, July 2009
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 27005 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure, Electrical, Magnetic and Optical Properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/87/27005 | |
| Published online | 04 August 2009 | |
Dielectric function and plasmons in graphene
Institut für Physik, Universität Augsburg - D-86135 Augsburg, Germany, EU
Received:
12
May
2009
Accepted:
7
July
2009
The electromagnetic response of graphene and the spectrum of collective plasmon excitations are studied as a function of wave vector and frequency. Our calculation is based on the tight-binding band structure, including both valleys. As a result, near the Dirac points we find plasmons whose dispersion is similar to that obtained in the single-valley approximation by Dirac fermions with some anisotropy though. In contrast to the calculation for a single Dirac cone, we find a stronger damping of the plasmon modes due to interband absorption. Our calculation also reveals effects due to deviations from the linear Dirac spectrum as we increase the Fermi energy, indicating an anisotropic behavior with respect to the wave vector of the external electromagnetic field.
PACS: 73.20.Mf – Collective excitations (including excitons, polarons, plasmons and other charge-density excitations)
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