• 文献标题:   Steering the current flow in twisted bilayer graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SANCHEZSANCHEZ JA, NAVARROESPINO M, BETANCUROCAMPO Y, BARRIOSVARGAS JE, STEGMANN T
  • 作者关键词:   twisted bilayer graphene, electronic transport, nonlocal resistance, steering of the current flow
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICSMATERIALS
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1088/2515-7639/ac4ae0
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

A nanoelectronic device made of twisted bilayer graphene (TBLG) is proposed to steer the direction of the current flow. The ballistic electron current, injected at one edge of the bottom layer, can be guided predominantly to one of the lateral edges of the top layer. The current is steered to the opposite lateral edge, if either the twist angle is reversed or the electrons are injected in the valence band instead of the conduction band, making it possible to control the current flow by electric gates. When both graphene layers are aligned, the current passes straight through the system without changing its initial direction. The observed steering angle exceeds well the twist angle and emerges for a broad range of experimentally accessible parameters. It is explained by the twist angle and the trigonal shape of the energy bands beyond the van Hove singularity due to the Moire interference pattern. As the shape of the energy bands depends on the valley degree of freedom, the steered current is partially valley polarized. Our findings show how to control and manipulate the current flow in TBLG. Technologically, they are of relevance for applications in twistronics and valleytronics.