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We calculate the conductance G of a bipolar junction in a graphene nanoribbon, in the high-magnetic field regime where the Hall conductance in the p-doped and n-doped regions is 2e^2/h. In the absence of intervalley scattering, the result…

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Valley-polarized currents can be generated by local straining of multi-terminal graphene devices. The pseudo-magnetic field created by the deformation allows electrons from only one valley to transmit and a current of electrons from a…

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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…

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Taking into account the long-ranged spin interactions due to weak localization effects in disordered itinerant ferromagnets the scattering of both electrons and neutrons on critical spin fluctuations near quantum phase transition is…

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We report on the possibility of valley number fractionalization in graphene with a topological defect that is accounted for in Dirac equation by a pseudomagnetic field. The valley number fractionalization is attributable to an imbalance on…

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We investigate the electronic dispersion and transport properties of graphene/WSe$_{2}$ heterostructures in the presence of a proximity-induced spin-orbit coupling $\lambda_{v}$, sublattice potential $\Delta$, and an off-resonant circularly…

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The possibility to effect valley splitting of an electronic current in graphene represents the essential component in the new field of valleytronics in such two-dimensional materials. Based on a symmetry analysis of the scattering matrix,…

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In addition to electron charge and spin, novel materials host another degree of freedom, the valley. For a junction composed of valley filter sandwiched by two normal terminals, we focus on the valley efficiency under disorder with two…

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The transmission of correlated electrons through a domain wall in ferromagnetic quasi-one-dimensional systems is studied theoretically in the case when the domain wall width is comparable with the Fermi wavelength of the charge carriers.…

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Electron bands in the untwisted bilayer graphene flatten out in a transverse electric field, offering a promising platform for correlated electron physics. We predict that the spin/valley isospin magnetism, resembling that seen in moir\'{e}…

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The electronic properties of the novel two dimensional (2D) material silicene are strongly influenced by the application of a perpendicular electric field $E_z$ and of an exchange field $M$ due to adatoms positioned on the surface or a…

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We study the effect of the strain on the band structure and the valley-dependent transport property of graphene heterojunctions. It is found that valley-dependent separation of electrons can be achieved by utilizing the strain and on-site…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-06-17 Fei Wan , Xinru Wang , Liehong Liao , Jiayan Zhang , M. N. Chen , G. H. Zhou , Z. B. Siu , Mansoor B. A. Jalil , Yuan Li

We study the collective charge excitations (plasmons) in spin polarized graphene, and derive explicit expressions for their dispersion in the undamped regime. From this, we are able to calculate the critical wave vector beyond which the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 Amit Agarwal , Giovanni Vignale

Valley filtering processes have been explored in different graphene-based configurations and scenarios to control transport responses. Here we propose graphene multi-terminal set-ups properly designed to obtain valley filtered currents in a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-31 Vanessa Torres , Daiara Faria , Andrea Latgé

We study the intervalley scattering in defected graphene by low-temperature transport measurements. The scattering rate is strongly suppressed when defects are charged. This finding highlights "screening" of the short-range part of a…

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The transport property of a lateral two-dimensional diluted magnetic semiconductor electron gas under a spatially periodic magnetic field is investigated theoretically. We find that the electron Fermi velocity along the modulation direction…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 W. Yang , Kai Chang , X. G. Wu , H. Z. Zheng

A potential step in a graphene nanoribbon with zigzag edges is shown to be an intrinsic source of intervalley scattering -- no matter how smooth the step is on the scale of the lattice constant a. The valleys are coupled by a pair of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-12 A. R. Akhmerov , J. H. Bardarson , A. Rycerz , C. W. J. Beenakker

The one-dimensional effective Hamiltonian for a planar curvilinear quantum wire with arbitrary shape is proposed in the presence of the Rashba spin-orbit interaction. Single electron propagation through a device of two straight lines…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-13 Erhu Zhang , Shengli Zhang , Qi Wang

The influence of electron-electron scattering on the distribution function and transport characteristics of intrinsic monolayer graphene is investigated via an ensemble Monte Carlo simulation. Due to the linear dispersion relation in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-05-18 X. Li , E. A. Barry , J. M. Zavada , M. Buongiorno Nardelli , K. W. Kim

Scattering of electrons from chiral spin textures such as the skyrmions is an emerging research area due to its richness in topological quantum transport, which is significant for spintronic devices. We study the dynamical process of…

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