• 文献标题:   Minimal geometry for valley filtering in graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ASMAR MM, ULLOA SE
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   Louisiana State Univ
  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.96.201407
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

The possibility to effect valley splitting of an electronic current in graphene represents the essential component in the new field of valleytronics in such two-dimensionalmaterials. Based on a symmetry analysis of the scattering matrix, we show that if the spatial distribution of multiple potential scatterers breaks mirror symmetry about the axis of incoming electrons, then a splitting of the current between two valleys is observed. This leads to the appearance of the valley Hall effect. We illustrate the effect of mirror-symmetry breaking in a minimal system of two symmetric impurities, demonstrating the splitting between valleys via the differential cross sections and nonvanishing skew parameter. We further discuss the role that these effects may play in transport experiments.