• 文献标题:   Transport through graphene nanoribbons: Suppression of transverse quantization by symmetry breaking
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LIBISCH F, KLIMAN A, ROTTER S, BURGDORFER J
  • 作者关键词:   disorder, graphene, quantization, transport
  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI BBASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   0370-1972 EI 1521-3951
  • 通讯作者地址:   Vienna Univ Technol
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1002/pssb.201600260
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

We investigate transport through graphene nanoribbons in the presence of disorder scattering. We show that size quantization patterns are only present when SU(2) pseudospin symmetry is preserved. Symmetry breaking disorder strongly suppresses signatures of transverse quantization due to the inherent entanglement of pseudospin and transverse quantum numbers in graphene. To quantitatively distinguish the influence of symmetry breaking and symmetry conserving disorder on transport, we consider weak localization: we observe a transition from weak antilocalization to weak localization as symmetry-breaking disorder is introduced. We discuss implications for experimental observations of size quantization signatures.