Sagnac and Mashhoon effects in graphene

We investigate the Sagnac and Mashhoon effects in graphene, taking into account both the pseudospin and intrinsic spin of electrons, within a simplified model of a rotating nanotube or infinitesimally narrow ring. Based on considerations of the relativistic phase of the wave function and employing the effective Larmor theorem, we demonstrate that the Sagnac fringe shift retains a form analogous to that for free electrons, governed by the electron’s vacuum mass. In the case of a narrow ring, an additional \pi <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mi>π</mml:mi> </mml:math> -phase shift arises due to the Berry phase associated with the honeycomb graphene lattice. The Mashhoon fringe shift retains its conventional form, with its dependence on the Fermi velocity.

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SciPost Physics
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2026-02-23
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https://doi.org/10.21468/scipostphys.20.2.053
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Graphene research and applications
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Sagnac and Mashhoon effects in graphene

S. G. Sharapov, T. -H. O. Pokalchuk, Yu. V. Shtanov
SciPost Physics
Graphene research and applications
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Sagnac and Mashhoon effects in graphene

S. G. Sharapov, T. -H. O. Pokalchuk, Yu. V. Shtanov
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Abstract

We investigate the Sagnac and Mashhoon effects in graphene, taking into account both the pseudospin and intrinsic spin of electrons, within a simplified model of a rotating nanotube or infinitesimally narrow ring. Based on considerations of the relativistic phase of the wave function and employing the effective Larmor theorem, we demonstrate that the Sagnac fringe shift retains a form analogous to that for free electrons, governed by the electron’s vacuum mass. In the case of a narrow ring, an additional \pi <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mi>π</mml:mi> </mml:math> -phase shift arises due to the Berry phase associated with the honeycomb graphene lattice. The Mashhoon fringe shift retains its conventional form, with its dependence on the Fermi velocity.

SciPost PhysicsVol. 20(2)
Kyiv Academic University (UA), Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics (UA)
National Research Foundation of Ukraine, National Research Foundation, Science Foundation Ireland
Openalex Percentile: Top 100%
Graphene research and applications
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