Klein paradox between transmitted and reflected Dirac waves on Bour surfaces
Abstract
It is supposed the existence of a curved graphene sheet with the geometry of a Bour surface , such as the catenoid (or helicoid), , and the classical Enneper surface, , among others. In particular, in this work, the propagation of the electronic degrees of freedom on these surfaces is studied based on the Dirac equation. As a consequence of the polar geometry of , it is found that the geometry of the surface causes the Dirac fermions to move as if they would be subjected to an external potential coupled to a spin-orbit term. The geometry-induced potential is interpreted as a barrier potential, which is asymptotically zero. Furthermore, the behaviour of asymptotic Dirac states and scattering states are studied through the Lippmann-Schwinger formalism. It is found that for surfaces and , the total transmission phenomenon is found for sufficiently large values of energy, while for surfaces , with , it is shown that there is an energy point where Klein's paradox is realized, while for energy values it is found that the conductance of the hypothetical material is completely suppressed, .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2207.04099,
title = {Klein paradox between transmitted and reflected Dirac waves on Bour surfaces},
author = {Víctor A. González-Domínguez and Juan A Reyes-Nava and Pavel Castro-Villarreal},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.04099},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
31 pages, 9 figures