Effects of Quartic Wave-Vectors on Continuum Model of Phosphorene
Abstract
Phosphorene is the
monolayer structures of black phosphorous. Its low-energy physics can be
described by continuum model in the scheme of k∙p theory. Validity of energy
range for this model can be improved by extra terms as trigonal warp effect in
graphene. We construct a new continuum model by expanding the tight-binding
Hamiltonian of phosphorene up to the order of k4 . The new quartic
model increases the energy range where the eigenvalues of continuum and
tight-binding Hamiltonian are matched. Moreover, we examine the Landau levels
of phosphorene by the influence of quartic terms. While quartic terms have
insignificant effects on the lower Landau levels of phosphorene, they have
non-negligible contributions to the higher levels. In this study, we propose a
new continuum model which brings better description to the dynamics of
phosphorene charge carriers.
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Primary Language
English
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Publication Date
September 30, 2017
Submission Date
June 6, 2017
Acceptance Date
July 19, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 1970 Volume: 38 Number: 3