• 文献标题:   Coherent transport through graphene nanoribbons in the presence of edge disorder
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LIBISCH F, ROTTER S, BURGDORFER J
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  • 出版物名称:   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   1367-2630
  • 通讯作者地址:   Vienna Univ Technol
  • 被引频次:   40
  • DOI:   10.1088/1367-2630/14/12/123006
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

We simulate electron transport through graphene nanoribbons of experimentally realizable size (length L up to 2 mu m and width W approximate to 40 nm) in the presence of scattering at rough edges. Our numerical approach is based on a modular recursive Green's function technique that features sub-linear scaling of the computational effort with L. We investigate backscattering at edge defects: Fourier spectroscopy of individual scattering states allows us to disentangle inter-valley and intra-valley scattering. We observe Anderson localization with a well-defined exponential decay over ten orders of magnitude in amplitude. We determine the corresponding localization length for different strengths and shapes of edge roughness.