• 文献标题:   Valley precession and valley polarization in graphene with inter-valley coupling
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WU QP, LIU ZF, CHEN AX, XIAO XB, ZHANG H, MIAO GX
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, valley precession, valley polarization
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICSCONDENSED MATTER
  • ISSN:   0953-8984 EI 1361-648X
  • 通讯作者地址:   East China Jiaotong Univ
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1088/1361-648X/aa80cf
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

We theoretically investigate the valley precession and valley polarization in graphene under inter-valley coupling. Our results show that the inter-valley coupling can induce valley polarization in graphene and also precess valleys in real space in a manner similar to the Rashba spin-orbit interaction rotating spins. Moreover, using strain modulation, we can achieve high valley polarization with large valley-polarized currents. These findings provide a new way to create and manipulate valley polarization in graphene.