Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of Twisted Bilayer Black Phosphorus

ORAL

Abstract

Using first-principles calculations, we find that the electronic structure and optical properties of bilayer black phosphorus can be modified significantly through changing the interlayer twist angle. We demonstrate the origin of these twist angle dependent effects, and connect our predicted results to experimental measurements.

*This work was supported by NSF Grant No. DMR15-1508412, and the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. Computational resources have been provided by DOE at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's NERSC facility.

Authors

  • Ting Cao

    • Physics Department, UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
    • University of California at Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • University of California, Berkeley
  • Zhenglu Li

    • Physics Department, UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
  • Diana Y. Qiu

    • Physics Department, UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
    • University of California at Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Steven G. Louie

    • University of California at Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
    • Physics Department, UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
    • University of California at Berkeley
    • University of California, Berkeley
    • University of California at Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • UC Berkeley and LBNL
    • UCB Physics and LBNL MSD