• 文献标题:   Valley-polarized pumping current in zigzag graphene nanoribbons with different spatial symmetries
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YU ZZ, XU FM
  • 作者关键词:   valley polarization, charge pump, graphene, quantum transport
  • 出版物名称:   CHINESE PHYSICS B
  • ISSN:   1674-1056 EI 1741-4199
  • 通讯作者地址:   Nanjing Normal Univ
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1088/1674-1056/27/12/127203
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

We numerically investigate the valley-polarized current in symmetric and asymmetric zigzag graphene nanoribbons (ZGNRs) by the adiabatic pump, and the effect of spatial symmetry is considered by introducing different pumping regions. It is found that pumping potentials with the symmetry V-p(x, y) = V-p(-x, y) can generate the largest valley-polarized current. The valley-polarized currents I-13(L) with the pumping potential symmetry V-p(x, y) = V-p(x, -y) and I-14(L) with V-p(x, y) = V-p(-x, -y) of symmetric ZGNRs are much smaller than those of asymmetric ZGNRs. We also find I-13(L) and I-14(L) of symmetric ZGNRs decrease and increase with the increasing pumping amplitude, respectively. Moreover, the dephasing effect from the electron-phonon coupling within the Buttiker dephasing scheme is introduced. The valley-polarized current of the symmetric ZGNRs with V-p(x, y) = V-p(x, -y) increases with the increase of the dephasing strength while that with V-p(x, y) = V-p(-x, -y) decreases as the dephasing strength increases.