Zitterbewegung (trembling motion) of electrons in semiconductors: a review

W Zawadzki, TM Rusin - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We review recent research on Zitterbewegung (ZB, trembling motion) of electrons in
semiconductors. A brief history of the subject is presented, the trembling motion in semi …

Single-layer and bilayer graphene superlattices: collimation, additional Dirac points and Dirac lines

M Barbier, P Vasilopoulos… - … Transactions of the …, 2010 - royalsocietypublishing.org
We review the energy spectrum and transport properties of several types of one-dimensional
superlattices (SLs) on single-layer and bilayer graphene. In single-layer graphene, for …

Extra Dirac points in the energy spectrum for superlattices on single-layer graphene

M Barbier, P Vasilopoulos, FM Peeters - Physical Review B—Condensed …, 2010 - APS
We investigate the emergence of extra Dirac points in the electronic structure of a
periodically spaced barrier system, ie, a superlattice, on single-layer graphene, using a …

Dirac and Klein-Gordon particles in one-dimensional periodic potentials

M Barbier, FM Peeters, P Vasilopoulos… - Physical Review B …, 2008 - APS
We evaluate the dispersion relation for massless fermions, described by the Dirac equation,
and for zero-spin bosons, described by the Klein-Gordon equation, moving in two …

Transient Zitterbewegung of charge carriers in mono-and bilayer graphene, and carbon nanotubes

TM Rusin, W Zawadzki - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2007 - APS
Observable effects due to trembling motion [Zitterbewegung (ZB)] of charge carriers in
bilayer graphene, monolayer graphene, and carbon nanotubes are calculated. It is shown …

Zitterbewegung of electrons in graphene in a magnetic field

TM Rusin, W Zawadzki - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2008 - APS
Electric current and spatial displacement due to trembling motion [Zitterbewegung (ZB)] of
electrons in graphene in the presence of an external magnetic field are described …

Observation of Zitterbewegung in photonic microcavities

S Lovett, PM Walker, A Osipov, A Yulin… - Light: Science & …, 2023 - nature.com
We present and experimentally study the effects of the photonic spin–orbit coupling on the
real space propagation of polariton wavepackets in planar semiconductor microcavities and …

Wave packet dynamics in a monolayer graphene

GM Maksimova, VY Demikhovskii, EV Frolova - Physical Review B …, 2008 - APS
The dynamics of charge particles described by Gaussian wave packet in monolayer
graphene is studied analytically and numerically. We demonstrate that the shape of wave …

Theory of electron Zitterbewegung in graphene probed by femtosecond laser pulses

TM Rusin, W Zawadzki - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2009 - APS
We propose an experiment allowing an observation of Zitterbewegung (ZB, trembling
motion) of electrons in graphene in the presence of a magnetic field. In contrast to the …

Geometrical and topological aspects of graphene and related materials

A Cortijo, F Guinea… - Journal of Physics A …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Graphene, a two-dimensional crystal made of carbon atoms, provides a new and
unexpected bridge between low-and high-energy physics. The field has evolved very …