Analytical study of the energy levels in bilayer graphene quantum dots

Using the four-band continuum model we derive a general expression for the infinite-mass boundary condition in bilayer graphene. Applying this new boundary condition we analytically calculate the confined states and the corresponding wave functions in a bilayer graphene quantum dot in the absence and presence of a perpendicular magnetic field. Our results for the energy spectrum show an energy gap between the electron and hole states at small magnetic fields. Furthermore the electron (e) and hole (h) energy levels corresponding to the K and K′ valleys exhibit the EKe(h)(m)=-EK′h(e)(m) symmetry, where m is the angular momentum quantum number.