Pseudomagnetoexcitons in strained graphene bilayers without external magnetic fields

Abstract

We propose a strained graphene double-layer (SGDL) system for detecting pseudomagnetoexcitons (PME) in the absence of external magnetic fields. The carriers in each graphene layer experience different strong pseudomagnetic fields (PMFs) due to strain engineering, which give rise to Landau quantization. The pseudo-Landau levels of electron-hole pairs under inhomogeneous PMFs in the SGDL are obtained analytically in the absence of Coulomb interactions. Based on the derived optical absorption selection rule for PMEs, we interpret the optical absorption spectra as indicating the formation of Dirac-type PMEs. We also predict that in the presence of inhomogeneous PMFs, the superfluidity-normal phase-transition temperature of PMEs is greater than that under homogeneous PMFs.