• 文献标题:   Magnetoelectrically Controlled Valley Filter and Valley Valve in Bilayer Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   PARK C
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW APPLIED
  • ISSN:   2331-7019
  • 通讯作者地址:   Dankook Univ
  • 被引频次:   10
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevApplied.11.044033
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

We study the effects of inversion asymmetry and tunable band gap on the transmission of particles in bilayer graphene junctions to propose a model for a valley-filter and valley-valve device. The device is made up of a series of two n-p-n (or p-n-p) junctions produced by electric gate potentials: one of them, being applied by an out-of-layer magnetic field, functions as a valley filter and the other as a valley valve. The valley filtering is based on the valley-dependent Zeeman interaction between the applied magnetic field and the orbital magnetic moment that can exist in a system with broken inversion symmetry. The valley valve is performed by varying the size of band gap via the gate potential that controls the flow of valley-polarized particles. We demonstrate that the device can achieve nearly perfect valley polarization and very high efficiency of valley-valve effect. By fixing magnetic field, the device can be operated by electric gate potentials only, and the tunable band gap makes a continuous control of valley-separate switching on and off possible.