• 文献标题:   Spatial valley separation in strained graphene pn junction
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   TIAN HY, WANG J
  • 作者关键词:   spatial valley separation, strained graphene, electron focusing effect
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICSCONDENSED MATTER
  • ISSN:   0953-8984 EI 1361-648X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Southeast Univ
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1088/1361-648X/aa8251
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Valleytronics in analogy to spintronics aims to use the electron valley degree of freedom to carry and manipulate information, and one of urgent tasks in this field is to generate valley-polarized electrons. In this work, we propose using the electron focusing effect in a strained graphene pn junction to separate valleys spatially through a beam of valley-unpolarized electrons, since the strain-induced pseudo-gauge potentials are opposite for K and K' valleys and severely affect the trajectories of K and K' electron propagation. We numerically simulate this valley-separated Veselago lens effect in a lattice model and demonstrate that pseudo-gauge potentials can efficiently control valley separation patterns.