• 文献标题:   The effect of magnetic field on chiral transmission in p-n-p graphene junctions
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LI Y, WAN Q, PENG YZ, WANG GQ, QIAN ZH, ZHOU GH, JALIL MBA
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  • 出版物名称:   SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
  • ISSN:   2045-2322
  • 通讯作者地址:   Hangzhou Dianzi Univ
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1038/srep18458
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

We investigate Klein tunneling in graphene heterojunctions under the influence of a perpendicular magnetic field via the non-equilibrium Green's function method. We find that the angular dependence of electron transmission is deflected sideways, resulting in the suppression of normally incident electrons and overall decrease in conductance. The off-normal symmetry axis of the transmission profile was analytically derived. Overall tunneling conductance decreases to almost zero regardless of the potential barrier height V-0 when the magnetic field (B-field) exceeds a critical value, thus achieving effective confinement of Dirac fermions. The critical field occurs when the width of the magnetic field region matches the diameter of the cyclotron orbit. The potential barrier also induces distinct Fabry-Perot fringe patterns, with a "constriction region" of low transmission when V-0 is close to the Fermi energy. Application of B-field deflects the Fabry-Perot interference pattern to an off-normal angle. Thus, the conductance of the graphene heterojunctions can be sharply modulated by adjusting the B-field strength and the potential barrier height relative to the Fermi energy.