• 文献标题:   Graphene nanoribbons in criss-crossed electric and magnetic fields
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ROSLYAK O, GUMBS G, HUANG DH
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, nanoribbon, ballistic transport
  • 出版物名称:   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY AMATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES
  • ISSN:   1364-503X
  • 通讯作者地址:   CUNY Hunter Coll
  • 被引频次:   11
  • DOI:   10.1098/rsta.2010.0215
  • 出版年:   2010

▎ 摘  要

Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) in mutually perpendicular electric and magnetic fields are shown to exhibit dramatic changes in their band structure and electron-transport properties. A strong electric field across the ribbon induces multiple chiral Dirac points, closing the semiconducting gap in armchair GNRs. A perpendicular magnetic field induces partially formed Landau levels as well as dispersive surface-bound states. Each of the applied fields on its own preserves the even symmetry E-k = E-k of the sub-band dispersion. When applied together, they reverse the dispersion parity to be odd, which gives E-e,E-k =-E-h,-k(,) and mix the electron and hole sub-bands within the energy range corresponding to the change in potential across the ribbon. This leads to oscillations of the ballistic conductance within this energy range. The broken time-reversal symmetry provides dichroism in the absorption of the circularly polarized light. As a consequence, one can observe electrically enhanced Faraday rotation, since the edges of the ribbon provide formation of the substantial density of states.