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Exact results for intrinsic electronic transport in graphene

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2015-06-03 v1 Other Condensed Matter

Abstract

We present exact results for the electronic transport properties of graphene sheets connected to two metallic electrodes. Our results, obtained by transfer-matrix methods, are valid for all sheet widths and lengths. In the limit of large width-to-length ratio relevant to recent experiments, we find a Dirac-point conductivity of 2e2/3h2e^2/\sqrt{3}h and a sub-Poissonian Fano factor of 233/π0.3462 - 3\sqrt{3}/\pi \simeq 0.346 for armchair graphene; for the zigzag geometry these are respectively 0 and 1. Our results reflect essential effects from both the topology of graphene and the electronic structure of the leads, giving a complete microscopic understanding of the unique intrinsic transport in graphene.

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@article{arxiv.1111.4862,
  title  = {Exact results for intrinsic electronic transport in graphene},
  author = {Shijie Hu and Wei Du and Guiping Zhang and Miao Gao and Zhong-Yi Lu and Xiaoqun Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.4862},
  year   = {2015}
}

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