• 文献标题:   Evidence against Klein paradox in graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DRAGOMAN D
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICA SCRIPTA
  • ISSN:   0031-8949
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Bucharest
  • 被引频次:   22
  • DOI:   10.1088/0031-8949/79/01/015003
  • 出版年:   2009

▎ 摘  要

It is demonstrated that both transmission and reflection coefficients associated with the Klein paradox at a step barrier are positive and less than unity, so that the particle-antiparticle pair creation mechanism commonly linked to this phenomenon is not necessary. Because graphene is a solid-state testing ground for quantum electrodynamics phenomena involving massless Dirac fermions, we suggest that the transport characteristic through a p-n graphene junction can decide between the results obtained in this paper and the common Klein paradox theory, which imply negative transmission and higher-than-unity reflection coefficients. Recent experimental evidence supports our findings.