Plasmon modes in Dirac–Schrödinger hybrid electron systems including layer-thickness and exchange-correlation effects

Abstract

We calculate the plasmon dispersion relation and damping rate of collective excitations in a double-layer system consisting of monolayer graphene and GaAs quantum well at zero temperature including layer-thickness and exchange-correlation effects. We use the generalized random-phase-approximation dielectric function and take into account the nonhomogeneity of the dielectric background of the system. We show that the effects of layer thickness, electron densities, and exchange-correlations are more pronounced for acoustic modes, while the optical branch depends remarkably on dielectric constants of the contacting media.