• 文献标题:   All-strain based valley filter in graphene nanoribbons using snake states
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CAVALCANTE LS, CHAVES A, DA COSTA DR, FARIAS GA, PEETERS FM
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Fed Ceara
  • 被引频次:   18
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.94.075432
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

A pseudomagnetic field kink can be realized along a graphene nanoribbon using strain engineering. Electron transport along this kink is governed by snake states that are characterized by a single propagation direction. Those pseudomagnetic fields point towards opposite directions in the K and K' valleys, leading to valley polarized snake states. In a graphene nanoribbon with armchair edges this effect results in a valley filter that is based only on strain engineering. We discuss how to maximize this valley filtering by adjusting the parameters that define the stress distribution along the graphene ribbon.