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October 27, 2025Physical review. B./Physical review. B3 citations

Theory of plasmon spectroscopy with the quantum twisting microscope

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NWNemin WeiFGF. GuineaFOFelix von Oppen

Key Points

  • Plasmon features in tunneling spectra appear near the magic angle, indicating complex electron interactions.
  • Key finding shows the connection between differential conductance and twist angle in twisted bilayer graphene.
  • Theoretical calculations focus on inelastic tunneling spectroscopy to analyze collective electronic excitations.
  • Research may enable new insights into plasmon-electron interactions and electronic behavior in 2D materials.

Abstract

We consider plasmon-assisted electron tunneling in a quantum twisting microscope (QTM). The dependence of the differential conductance on the two control parameters of the QTM---the twist angle and bias---reveals the plasmon spectrum as well as the strength of plasmon-electron interactions in the sample. We perform microscopic calculations for twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) to predict the plasmon features in the tunneling spectra of TBG close to the magic angle for different screening environments. Our work establishes a general framework for inelastic tunneling spectroscopy of collective electronic excitations using the quantum twisting microscope.

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Wei et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68ff87e2c8c50a61f2bdce7ahttps://doi.org/10.1103/v8zx-1vhr
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