• 文献标题:   Chiral tunneling in trilayer graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KUMAR SB, GUO J
  • 作者关键词:   band structure, chirality, graphene, noncrystalline structure, tightbinding calculation, tunnelling
  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0003-6951 EI 1077-3118
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Florida
  • 被引频次:   18
  • DOI:   10.1063/1.3703758
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

We study the effect of chiral-tunneling in Bernal and rhombohedral stacked trilayer-graphene (3LG). Based on the chirality of the electronic bands, at the K-point, (rhombohedral) Bernal-3LG exhibits 100% (50%) transparency across a heterojunction. Utilizing this property, we further investigate the effect of electron collimation in 3LG. Due to the difference in the Berry's phase, we show that, rhombohedral-3LG is a better electron collimator, compared to monolayer and Bernal-bilayer graphene. Since, Bernal-3LG can be decomposed into two separate channels consisting of a monolayer and a modified Bernal-bilayer graphene; the Bernal-3LG is weaker electron collimator, compared to rhombohedral-3LG. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3703758]