• 文献标题:   Spin-orbit effects in a graphene bipolar pn junction
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YAMAKAGE A, IMURA KI, CAYSSOL J, KURAMOTO Y
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  • 出版物名称:   EPL
  • ISSN:   0295-5075
  • 通讯作者地址:   Tohoku Univ
  • 被引频次:   37
  • DOI:   10.1209/0295-5075/87/47005
  • 出版年:   2009

▎ 摘  要

A graphene pn junction is studied theoretically in the presence of both intrinsic and Rashba spin-orbit couplings. We show that a crossover from perfect reflection to perfect transmission is achieved at normal incidence by tuning the perpendicular electric field. By further studying angular-dependent transmission, we demonstrate that perfect reflection at normal incidence can be clearly distinguished from trivial band gap effects. We also investigate how spin-orbit effects modify the conductance and the Fano factor associated with a potential step in both nn and np cases. Copyright (C) EPLA, 2009