• 文献标题:   Strain controlled valley filtering in multi-terminal graphene structures
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MILOVANOVIC SP, PEETERS FM
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  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0003-6951 EI 1077-3118
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Antwerp
  • 被引频次:   27
  • DOI:   10.1063/1.4967977
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

Valley-polarized currents can be generated by local straining of multi-terminal graphene devices. The pseudo-magnetic field created by the deformation allows electrons from only one valley to transmit, and a current of electrons from a single valley is generated at the opposite side of the locally strained region. We show that valley filtering is most effective with bumps of a certain height and width. Despite the fact that the highest contribution to the polarized current comes from electrons from the lowest sub-band, contributions of other sub-bands are not negligible and can significantly enhance the output current. Published by AIP Publishing.