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General Scattering Mechanism and Transport in Graphene

Materials Science 2015-03-19 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

Using quasi-time dependent semi-classical transport theory in RTA, we obtained coupled current equations in the presence of time varying field and based on general scattering mechanism τEβ\tau \propto \mathcal{E}^{\beta}. We find that close to the Dirac point, the characteristic exponent β=+2\beta = +2 corresponds to acoustic phonon scattering. β=+1\beta = +1 long-range Coulomb scattering mechanism. β=1\beta = -1 is short-range delta potential scattering in which the conductivity is constant of temperature. The β=0\beta = 0 case is ballistic limit. In the low energy dynamics of Dirac electrons in graphene, the effect of the time-dependent electric field is to alter just the electron charge by ee(1+(Ωτ)2)e \to e(1 + (\Omega \tau)^2) making electronic conductivity non-linear. The effect of magnetic filed is also considered.

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@article{arxiv.1108.2809,
  title  = {General Scattering Mechanism and Transport in Graphene},
  author = {M. Rabiu and S. Y. Mensah and S. S. Abukari},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.2809},
  year   = {2015}
}

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8 pages, 3 figures