• 文献标题:   A valley and spin filter based on gapped graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WANG J, LONG MQ, ZHAO WS, HU Y, WANG GF, CHAN KS
  • 作者关键词:   spin filtering, valley filtering, gapped graphene
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICSCONDENSED MATTER
  • ISSN:   0953-8984 EI 1361-648X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Hangzhou Dianzi Univ
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1088/0953-8984/28/28/285302
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

We study highly valley- and spin-polarized current in single-layer gapped graphene without spin-orbit coupling. The structure considered is a three-barrier structure with one spin-splitting barrier and two electrical potential barriers with vector potentials. The electrons in the two valleys transmit differently because of the valley- dependent reflection between two adjacent barriers, while the spin-up and spin-down electrons transmit differently because of the spin splitting. The structure is different from other structures in which spin-orbit coupling plays an important role in the observation of valley- and spin-polarized current. We can control the spin and valley polarization by changing the width of the barrier or the strength of the spin splitting. The structure proposed in this paper can be used to make valley and spin devices.