Absorption spectra of trilayer rhombohedral graphite are studied with the tight-binding model. The interlayer interactions cause a tiny energy gap and band-edge states in electronic structures. The band-edge states exhibit logarithmic divergences and discontinuities in the density of states. The frequencies of the absorption peaks correspond to the vertical transition energies of the band-edge states. Optical spectra of trilayer simple hexagonal and orthorhombic graphites are also investigated. The stacking effects on the density of states and absorption spectra are presented and discussed in detail.
The low-frequency magneto-absorption spectra of monolayer and bilayer graphene are evaluated within the gradient approximation. On the basis of Peierls tight-binding model, we can draw the wave function distribution over its sublattices and bring them into the calculation of optical spectra. The optical selection rules and the absorption rate can be accurately determined. The interlayer interactions in bilayers effectively alter the Landau level structures and thus the absorption spectra, such as the field dependence of absorption lines and the appearance of double-peaked absorptions.
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