• 文献标题:   Spin-orbit interaction and snake states in a graphene p-n junction
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BERCIOUX D, DE MARTINO A
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   DIPC
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.100.115407
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

We study a model of a p-n junction in single-layer graphene in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field and spin-orbit interactions. By solving the relevant quantum-mechanical problem for a potential step, we determine the exact spectrum of spin-resolved dispersive Landau levels. Close to zero energy, we find a pair of linearly dispersing zero modes, which possess a wave-vector-dependent spin polarization and can be regarded as quantum analogs of spinful snake states. We show that the Rashba spin-orbit interaction, in particular, produces a wave vector shift between the dispersions of these modes with observable interference effects. These effects can in principle provide a way to detect the presence of Rashba spin-orbit interaction and measure its strength. Our results suggest that a graphene p-n junction in the presence of strong spin-orbit interaction could be used as a building block in a spin field-effect transistor.