Cyclotron motion in the vicinity of a Lifshitz transition in graphite

• Published in: Physical review letters Vol. 108; no. 1; p. 017602
• Main Authors: Orlita, M, Neugebauer, P, Faugeras, C, Barra, A-L, Potemski, M, Pellegrino, F M D, Basko, D M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 04.01.2012
• ISSN: 1079-7114
• DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.017602

Graphite, a model (semi)metal with trigonally warped bands, is investigated with a magnetoabsorption experiment and viewed as an electronic system in the vicinity of the Lifshitz transition. A characteristic pattern of up to 20 cyclotron resonance harmonics has been observed. This large number of resonances, their relative strengths and characteristic shapes trace the universal properties of the electronic states near a separatrix in momentum space. Quantum-mechanical perturbative methods with respect to the trigonal warping term hardly describe the data which are, on the other hand, fairly well reproduced within a quasiclassical approach and conventional band structure model. Trigonal symmetry is preserved in graphite in contrast to a similar system, bilayer graphene.