• 文献标题:   Modulation of persistent current in graphene quantum rings
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ARAUJO FRV, DA COSTA DR, CHAVES AJC, DE SOUSA FEB, PEREIRA JM
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, impurity potential, pnp junction, persistent current, quantum ring
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICSCONDENSED MATTER
  • ISSN:   0953-8984 EI 1361-648X
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1088/1361-648X/ac452e
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

We investigate the effect of long-range impurity potentials on the persistent current of graphene quantum rings in the presence of an uniform perpendicular magnetic field. The impurity potentials are modeled as finite regions of the ring with a definite length. We show that, due to the relativistic and massless character of the charge carriers in graphene, the effect of such non-uniform potentials on the energy spectrum and on the persistent current of the rings can be reliably modeled by assuming a non-perturbed ring and including an additional phase due to the interaction of the charge carriers with the potential. In addition, the results show the presence of localized states in the impurity regions. Moreover, we show that for the case of a potential created by a p-n-p junction, the persistent current can be modulated by controlling the voltage at the junction.