Chene Tradunsky & Or Cohen with the great help of Ariel Amir
Square Lattice of Atoms Using "Tight Binding" method we created a matrix representing the Hamiltonian for the entire lattice ( Size - N 2 *N 2 ) After finding Eigen Values and Eigen States we got…
Energy Band in Various Magnitic Fields – Butterfly in Square Lattice E B E0E0 E 0 -4t E 0 +4t
Evolution of an eigen state B E - Notice the edge states that don't exist for calculations infinite N
Evolution of an eigen state
Classical Explanation for Edge States Magnetron Radius
Quantum Equivalent for Edge States
Hexagonal Lattice Same method – “Tight Binding”, putting in a matrix… but look what happens now !
Hexagonal Butterfly E0E0 E 0 -4t E 0 +4t B E
Some physical explanation for Low Magnetic Field Dispersion in square lattice (B=0) : Behaves like free particle in 2D with effective mass ! Free particle in homogenous magnetic field receives extra energy – Landau Levels :
Landau Levels In Square Lattice B E
What happens in hexagonal lattice ? Dispersion in square lattice (B=0) : For certain K behaves like relativistic particle : A correction to the energy can be calculated which is similar to the Landau Levels :
Energy Levels In Hexagonal Lattice B E