• 文献标题:   Valley Filtering and Electronic Optics Using Polycrystalline Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   NGUYEN VH, DECHAMPS S, DOLLFUS P, CHARLIER JC
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0031-9007 EI 1079-7114
  • 通讯作者地址:   Catholic Univ Louvain
  • 被引频次:   17
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.247702
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

In this Letter, both the manipulation of valley-polarized currents and the optical-like behaviors of Dirac fermions are theoretically explored in polycrystalline graphene. When strain is applied, the misorientation between two graphene domains separated by a grain boundary can result in a mismatch of their electronic structures. Such a discrepancy manifests itself in a strong breaking of the inversion symmetry, leading to perfect valley polarization in a wide range of transmission directions. In addition, these graphene domains act as different media for electron waves, offering the possibility to modulate and obtain negative refraction indexes.