Electro-absorption of silicene and bilayer graphene quantum dots
- Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, University of Picardie, Amiens 80039 (France)
- Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo (Egypt)
- School of Physics, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QL (United Kingdom)
We study numerically the optical properties of low-buckled silicene and AB-stacked bilayer graphene quantum dots subjected to an external electric field, which is normal to their surface. Within the tight-binding model, the optical absorption is calculated for quantum dots, of triangular and hexagonal shapes, with zigzag and armchair edge terminations. We show that in triangular silicene clusters with zigzag edges a rich and widely tunable infrared absorption peak structure originates from transitions involving zero energy states. The edge of absorption in silicene quantum dots undergoes red shift in the external electric field for triangular clusters, whereas blue shift takes place for hexagonal ones. In small clusters of bilayer graphene with zigzag edges the edge of absorption undergoes blue/red shift for triangular/hexagonal geometry. In armchair clusters of silicene blue shift of the absorption edge takes place for both cluster shapes, while red shift is inherent for both shapes of the bilayer graphene quantum dots.
- OSTI ID:
- 22597889
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 120, Issue 1; Other Information: (c) 2016 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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