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Trapped modes in zigzag graphene nanoribbons

Mathematical Physics 2017-06-28 v1 math.MP Spectral Theory

Abstract

We study a scattering on an ultra-low potential in zigzag graphene nanoribbon. Using mathematical framework based on the continuous Dirac model and augumented scattering matrix, we derive a condition for the existence of a trapped mode. We consider the threshold energies where the continuous spectrum changes its multiplicity and show that the trapped modes may appear for energies slightly less than a threshold and its multiplicity does not exceeds one. We prove that trapped modes do not appear outside the threshold, provided the potential is sufficiently small.

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@article{arxiv.1701.05795,
  title  = {Trapped modes in zigzag graphene nanoribbons},
  author = {V. A. Kozlov and S. A. Nazarov and A. Orlof},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.05795},
  year   = {2017}
}
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