• 文献标题:   Bloch-Zener oscillations in graphene and topological insulators
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KRUECKL V, RICHTER K
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Regensburg
  • 被引频次:   25
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.85.115433
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

We show that superlattices based on zero-gap semiconductors such as graphene and mercury telluride exhibit characteristic Bloch-Zener oscillations that emerge from the coherent superposition of Bloch oscillations and multiple Zener tunneling between the electron and hole branch. We demonstrate this mechanism by means of wave-packet dynamics in various spatially periodically modulated nanoribbons subject to an external bias field. The associated Bloch frequencies exhibit a peculiar periodic bias dependence, which we explain within a two-band model. Supported by extensive numerical transport calculations, we show that this effect gives rise to distinct current oscillations observable in the I-V characteristics of graphene and mercury telluride superlattices.