• 文献标题:   Massless and massive particle-in-a-box states in single- and bi-layer graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CHO S, FUHRER M
  • 作者关键词:   fabryperot, interference, ballistic, density of state, phasecoherent
  • 出版物名称:   NANO RESEARCH
  • ISSN:   1998-0124
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Maryland
  • 被引频次:   17
  • DOI:   10.1007/s12274-011-0093-1
  • 出版年:   2011

▎ 摘  要

Electron transport through short, phase-coherent metal-graphene-metal devices occurs via resonant transmission through particle-in-a-box-like states defined by the atomically-sharp metal leads. We study the spectrum of particle-in-a-box states for single- and bi-layer graphene, corresponding to massless and massive two-dimensional (2-D) fermions. The density of states D as a function of particle number n shows the expected relationships D(n)similar to n (1/2) for massless 2-D fermions (electrons in single-layer graphene) and D(n) similar to constant for massive 2-D fermions (electrons in bi-layer graphene). The single parameters of the massless and massive dispersion relations are found, namely Fermi velocity upsilon (F) = 1.1 x 10(6) m/s and effective mass m* = 0.032 m (e), where m (e) is the electron mass, in excellent agreement with theoretical expectations.