@article{Davenport:2026:10.1103/shrm-4swg,
author = {Davenport, H and Schindler, F and Knolle, J},
doi = {10.1103/shrm-4swg},
journal = {Physical Review B},
title = {Berry curvature of low-energy excitons in rhombohedral graphene},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/shrm-4swg},
volume = {113},
year = {2026}
}

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TY  - JOUR
AB  - We investigate low-energy excitons in rhombohedral pentalayer graphene encapsulated by hexagonal boronnitride (hBN/R5G/hBN), focusing on the regime at the experimental twist angle θ = 0.77 and with an appliedelectric field. We introduce a new low-energy two-band model of rhombohedral graphene that captures the band structure more accurately than previous models while keeping the number of parameters low. Using this model, we show that the centres of the exciton Wannier functions are displaced from the moiré unit cell origin by a quantized amount—they are instead localized at C3-symmetric points on the boundary. We also find that the exciton shift is electrically tunable: by varying the electric field strength, the exciton Wannier center can be exchanged between inequivalent corners of the moiré unit cell. Our results suggest the possibility of detecting excitonic corner or edge modes, as well as novel excitonic crystal defect responses in hBN/R5G/hBN. Lastly, we find that the excitons in hBN/R5G/hBN inherit excitonic Berry curvature from the underlying electronic bands, enriching their semiclassical transport properties. Our results position rhombohedral graphene as a compelling tunable platform for probing exciton topology in moiré materials.
AU  - Davenport,H
AU  - Schindler,F
AU  - Knolle,J
DO  - 10.1103/shrm-4swg
PY  - 2026///
SN  - 2469-9950
TI  - Berry curvature of low-energy excitons in rhombohedral graphene
T2  - Physical Review B
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/shrm-4swg
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1103/shrm-4swg
VL  - 113
ER  - 

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