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Theory of scattering of massive chiral fermions in bilayer graphene by radial symmetric potential is developed. It is shown that in the case when the electron wavelength is much larger than the radius of the potential the scattering…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-09-02 M. I. Katsnelson

It has been shown that tunneling of spin-polarized electrons through a semiconductor barrier is accompanied by generation of an electric current in the plane of the interfaces. The direction of this interface current is determined by the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. A. Tarasenko , V. I. Perel' , I. N. Yassievich

We develop a general theory of the layer circular photogalvanic effect (LCPGE) in quasi two-dimensional chiral bilayers, which refers to the appearance of a polarization-dependent, out-of-plane dipole moment induced by circularly polarized…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-02-26 Yang Gao , Yinhan Zhang , Di Xiao

Electron transmission through chiral molecules induced by circularly polarized light can be very different for mirror-image structures, a peculiar fact given that the electronic energy spectra of the systems are identical. We propose that…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Spiros S. Skourtis , David N. Beratan , Ron Naaman , Abraham Nitzan , David H. Waldeck

Recent experiments have demonstrated the possibility to design highly controllable junctions on magic angle twisted bilayer graphene, enabling the test of its superconducting transport properties. We show that the presence of chiral pairing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-09-15 Miguel Alvarado , Pablo Burset , Alfredo Levy Yeyati

DC photoelectrical currents can be generated purely as a non-linear effect in uniform media lacking inversion symmetry without the need for a material junction or bias voltages to drive it, in what is termed photogalvanic effect. These…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-17 F. Hipolito , Thomas G. Pedersen , Vitor M. Pereira

We discuss the full optical response of twisted bilayer graphene at the neutrality point close to the magic angle within the continuum model (CM). Firstly, we identify three different channels consistent with the underlying $D_3$ symmetry,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-09-06 T. Stauber , M. Wackerl , P. Wenk , D. Margetis , J. González , G. Gómez-Santos , J. Schliemann

We have studied the problem of coherent and sequential tunneling through a double barrier structure, assisted by light considered to be present All over the structure, i,e emitter, well and collector as in the experimental evidence. By…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 J. Inarrea , G. Platero , C. Tejedor

The Klein paradox consists in the perfect tunneling of relativistic particles through high potential barriers. As a curious feature of particle physics, it is responsible for the exceptional conductive properties of graphene. It was…

We study the transmission probability of Dirac fermions in graphene scattered by a triangular double barrier potential in the presence of an external magnetic field. Our system made of two triangular potential barrier regions separated by a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-11-09 Miloud Mekkaoui , Ahmed Jellal , Hocine Bahlouli

Response of electronic systems in intense lights (AC electric fields) to DC source-drain fields is formulated with the Floquet method. We have then applied the formalism to graphene, for which we show that a non-linear effect of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Takashi Oka , Hideo Aoki

In the last decade, advancements in attosecond spectroscopy have allowed us to study electron motion dynamics in condensed matter. The access to these electron dynamics and, consequently, its control by an ultrafast light field paves the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-05-12 Mohamed Sennary , Jalil Shah , Mingrui Yuan , Ahmed Mahjoub , Vladimir Pervak , Nikolay Golubev , Mohammed Hassan

Using molecular simulation and continuum dielectric theory, we consider how electrochemical kinetics are modulated by twist angle in bilayer graphene electrodes. By establishing a connection between twist angle and the screening length of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-11-06 Leonardo Coello Escalante , David T. Limmer

We report the observation of the circular ac Hall effect where the current is solely driven by the crossed ac electric and magnetic fields of circularly polarized radiation. Illuminating an unbiased monolayer sheet of graphene with…

We investigate bilayers of nanoporous graphene (NPG), laterally bonded carbon nanoribbons, and graphene. The electronic and transport properties are explored as a function of the interlayer twist angle using an atomistic tight-binding model…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-08-12 Xabier Diaz de Cerio , Aleksander Bach Lorentzen , Mads Brandbyge , Aran Garcia-Lekue

Ultrafast photon-assisted tunneling is shown to lead to large nonlinear dynamic currents that can be used to generate dc rectified current as well as higher order harmonic response from a metasurface-coupled tunnel diode. This artificial…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-25 Paul S Davids , Erik Anderson , Jared Kirsch , Joshua Shank

The electron transmission between monolayer and bilayer graphene is theoretically studied for zigzag and armchair boundaries within an effective-mass scheme. Due to the presence of an evanescent wave in the bilayer graphene, traveling modes…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-09-17 Takeshi Nakanishi , Mikito Koshino , Tsuneya Ando

Nonreciprocal photonic devices enable "one-way" light flows and are essential building blocks of optical systems. Here, we investigate an alternative paradigm to break reciprocity and achieve unidirectional subwavelength light propagation…

Optics · Physics 2018-10-26 Tiago A. Morgado , Mário G. Silveirinha

We study transport properties of graphene-based p-n junctions irradiated by an electromagnetic field (EF). The resonant interaction of propagating quasiparticles with an external monochromatic radiation opens dynamical gaps in their…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. V. Syzranov , M. V. Fistul , K. B. Efetov

A theory is developed for calculating vertical tunneling current between two sheets of bilayer graphene separated by a thin, insulating layer of hexagonal boron nitride, neglecting many-body effects. Results are presented using physical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-09-16 Sergio C. de la Barrera , Randall M. Feenstra