• 文献标题:   Quantum Transmission Conditions for Diffusive Transport in Graphene with Steep Potentials
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BARLETTI L, NEGULESCU C
  • 作者关键词:   transmission condition, graphene, diffusion limit, boundary layer, milne problem
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   0022-4715 EI 1572-9613
  • 通讯作者地址:   Dipartimento Matemat Informat U Dini
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1007/s10955-018-2032-y
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

We present a formal derivation of a drift-diffusion model for stationary electron transport in graphene, in presence of sharp potential profiles, such as barriers and steps. Assuming the electric potential to have steep variations within a strip of vanishing width on a macroscopic scale, such strip is viewed as a quantum interface that couples the classical regions at its left and right sides. In the two classical regions, where the potential is assumed to be smooth, electron and hole transport is described in terms of semiclassical kinetic equations. The diffusive limit of the kinetic model is derived by means of a Hilbert expansion and a boundary layer analysis, and consists of drift-diffusion equations in the classical regions, coupled by quantum diffusive transmission conditions through the interface. The boundary layer analysis leads to the discussion of a four-fold Milne (half-space, half-range) transport problem.