Stability of the Dirac cone in artificial graphene formed in quantum wells: a computational many-electron study

We carry out a comprehensive computational study on the stability of the Dirac cone in artificial graphene realized in nanopatterned quantum wells. Our real-space approach allows us to vary the size, shape, and positioning of the quantum dots in the hexagonal lattice. We compare the (noninteracting)...

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出版年:New Journal of Physics
主要な著者: Ilkka Kylänpää, Fulvio Berardi, Esa Räsänen, Pablo García-González, Carlo Andrea Rozzi, Angel Rubio
フォーマット: 論文
言語:英語
出版事項: IOP Publishing 2016-01-01
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オンライン・アクセス:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/18/8/083014
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要約:We carry out a comprehensive computational study on the stability of the Dirac cone in artificial graphene realized in nanopatterned quantum wells. Our real-space approach allows us to vary the size, shape, and positioning of the quantum dots in the hexagonal lattice. We compare the (noninteracting) single-particle calculations to density-functional studies within both local-density approximation and meta-generalized-gradient approximation. Furthermore, the density-functional results are compared against numerically precise path-integral quantum Monte Carlo calculations. As a whole, our results indicate high stability of the Dirac bands against external parameters, which is reassuring for further experimental investigations.
ISSN:1367-2630