• 文献标题:   Valley polarization due to trigonal warping on tunneling electrons in graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   PEREIRA JM, PEETERS FM, COSTA RN, FARIAS GA
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICSCONDENSED MATTER
  • ISSN:   0953-8984 EI 1361-648X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Fed Alagoas
  • 被引频次:   70
  • DOI:   10.1088/0953-8984/21/4/045301
  • 出版年:   2009

▎ 摘  要

The effect of trigonal warping on the transmission of electrons tunneling through potential barriers in graphene is investigated. We present calculations of the transmission coefficient for single and double barriers as a function of energy, incidence angle and barrier heights. The results show remarkable valley-dependent directional effects for barriers oriented parallel to the armchair or parallel to the zigzag direction. These results indicate that electrostatic gates can be used as valley filters in graphene-based devices.