Landau levels and oscillator strength in a biased bilayer of graphene

Abstract

We obtain analytical expressions for the eigenstates and the Landau level spectrum of biased graphene bilayers in a magnetic field. The calculations are performed in the context of a four-band continuum model and generalize previous approximate results. Solutions are presented for the spectrum as a function of interlayer coupling, the potential difference between the layers, and the magnetic field. The explicit expressions allow us to calculate the oscillator strength and the selection rules for electric dipole transitions between the Landau states. Some transitions are significantly shifted in energy relative to those in an unbiased bilayer and exhibit a very different magnetic field dependence. © 2007 The American Physical Society.