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Three-dimensional topological insulators are characterized by the presence of a bandgap in their bulk and gapless Dirac fermions at their surfaces. New physical phenomena originating from the presence of the Dirac fermions are predicted to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-12-12 B. Sacepe , J. B. Oostinga , J. Li , A. Ubaldini , N. J. G. Couto , E. Giannini , A. F. Morpurgo

The conductance of ballistic graphene at the neutrality point is due to coherent electron tunneling between the leads, the so called pseudodiffusive regime. The conductance scales as function of the sample dimensions in the same way as in a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-09-17 F. Guinea , M. I. Katsnelson

We study electron transport in a strained graphene sheet subjected to a sequence of $N$ electrostatic and magnetic barriers. Employing a modified and improved transfer-matrix framework, we examine how the transmission and reflection…

Locally-gated single-layer graphene sheets have unusual discrete energy states inside the potential barrier induced by a finite-width gate. These states are localized outside the Dirac cone of continuum states and are responsible for novel…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-03-03 V. A. Yampol'skii , S. S. Apostolov , Z. A. Maizelis , Alex Levchenko , Franco Nori

Superlattices are artificial periodic nanostructures which can control the flow of electrons. Their operation typically relies on the periodic modulation of the electric potential in the direction of electron wave propagation. Here we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-04-26 Hugen Yan , Xuesong Li , Bhupesh Chandra , George Tulevski , Yanqing Wu , Marcus Freitag , Wenjuan Zhu , Phaedon Avouris , Fengnian Xia

The reflectance of graphene is investigated in the framework of the Dirac model with account of its realistic properties, such as nonzero chemical potential and band gap, at any temperature. For this purpose, the exact reflection…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-29 G. L. Klimchitskaya , V. M. Mostepanenko , V. M. Petrov

We report the direct observation of polarization resolved electronic Raman scattering in a gated monolayer graphene device. The evolution of the electronic Raman scattering spectra with gate voltage and its polarization dependence are in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 E. Riccardi , M. A. Measson , M. Cazayous , A. Sacuto , Y. Gallais

One-dimensional graphene superlattice subjected to strong Kronig-Penney (KP) potential is promising for achieving electron lensing effect, while previous studies utilizing the modulated dielectric gates can only yield a moderate, spatially…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-02-05 Tianlin Li , Hanying Chen , Kun Wang , Yifei Hao , Le Zhang , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Xia Hong

The paper presents a theoretical description of the effects of strain induced by out-of-plane deformations on charge distributions and transport on graphene. A review of a continuum model for electrons using the Dirac formalism is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-15 Dawei Zhai , Nancy Sandler

Graphene has emerged as a paradigmatic material in condensed matter physics due to its exceptional electronic, mechanical, and thermal properties. A deep understanding of its thermoelectric transport behavior is crucial for the development…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-20 Juan A. Cañas , Daniel A. Bonilla , A. Martín-Ruiz

This study theoretically investigated the magnetic properties and electronic structure of a graphene-based nano-spin-valve-like structure. Magnetic nickel layers on both sides of the graphene were considered. A spin-polarized…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-30 Yusuf Wicaksono , Shingo Teranishi , Kazutaka Nishiguchi , Koichi Kusakabe

Enhancing the interaction strength between graphene and light is an important objective for those seeking to make graphene a relevant material for future optoelectronic applications. Plasmonic modes in graphene offer an additional pathway…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-10-15 Min Seok Jang , Victor W. Brar , Michelle C. Sherrott , Josue J. Lopez , Laura K. Kim , Seyoon Kim , Mansoo Choi , Harry A. Atwater

Strain engineering of graphene takes advantage of one of the most dramatic responses of Dirac electrons enabling their manipulation via strain-induced pseudo-magnetic fields. Numerous theoretically proposed devices, such as resonant…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-24 R. Banerjee , V. -H. Nguyen , T. Granzier-Nakajima , L. Pabbi , A. Lherbier , A. R. Binion , J. -C. Charlier , M. Terrones , E. W. Hudson

We theoretically demonstrate that a system formed by two coupled graphene sheets enables a negative damping regime wherein graphene plasmons are pumped by a DC current. This effect is triggered by electrons drifting through one of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-10-04 Tiago A. Morgado , Mário G. Silveirinha

Modulating the amplitude and phase of light is at the heart of many applications such as wavefront shaping, transformation optics, phased arrays, modulators and sensors. Performing this task with high efficiency and small footprint is a…

The exciting discovery of bi-dimensional systems in condensed matter physics has triggered the search of their photonic analogues. In this letter, we describe a general scheme to reproduce some of the systems ruled by a tight-binding…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-01-30 Simon Yves , Thomas Berthelot , Mathias Fink , Geoffroy Lerosey , Fabrice Lemoult

In this letter, we report a method to control reflection phase of microwaves using electrically tunable graphene devices. The device consists of mutually gated large-area graphene layers placed at a quarter-wave distance from a metallic…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-01-17 Osman Balci , Nurbek Kakenov , Coskun Kocabas

In this study, we highlight the potential of strain engineering in graphene/hBN (hexagonal Boron nitride) 2D heterostructures, enabling their use as wide-range light absorbers with significant implications for optoelectronic applications.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-07-17 Priyanka Sinha , Prasanta K. Panigrahi , Bheemalingam Chittari

Two-dimensional (2d) nano-electronics, plasmonics, and emergent phases require clean and local charge control, calling for layered, crystalline acceptors or donors. Our Raman, photovoltage, and electrical conductance measurements combined…

Materials with massless Dirac fermions can possess exceptionally strong and widely tunable optical nonlinearities. Experiments on graphene monolayer have indeed found very large third-order nonlinear responses, but the reported variation of…