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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…

In scenarios where electrons are confined to a flat surface, such as graphene, quantizing electrodynamics reveals intriguing insights. We find that one of Maxwell's equations manifests as part of the Hamiltonian, leading to novel…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-29 Ken-ichi Sasaki

The well known Klein paradox for the relativistic Dirac wave equation consists in the computation of possible ``negative probabilities'' induced by certain potentials in some regimes of energy. The paradox may be resolved employing the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 O. Panella , Y. N. Srivastava , A. Widom

The well known Klein paradox for the relativistic Dirac wave equation consists in the computation of possible ``negative probabilities'' induced by certain potentials in some regimes of energy. The paradox may be resolved employing the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-11-06 O. Panella , Y. N. Srivastava , A. Widom

In the present work, we investigate how structural defects in graphene can change its transport properties. In particular, we show that breaking of the sublattice symmetry in a graphene monolayer overcomes the Klein effect, leading to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 C. Popovici , O. Oliveira , W. de Paula , T. Frederico

We theoretically investigate Klein tunneling processes in photonic artificial graphene. Klein tunneling is a phenomenon in which a particle with Dirac dispersion going through a potential step shows a characteristic angle- and…

Optics · Physics 2017-07-21 Tomoki Ozawa , Alberto Amo , Jacqueline Bloch , Iacopo Carusotto

Statistical complexity and Fisher-Shannon information are calculated in a problem of quantum scattering, namely the Klein tunneling across a potential barrier in graphene. The treatment of electron wave functions as masless Dirac fermions…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Jaime Sanudo , Ricardo Lopez-Ruiz

The Klein paradox is reassessed by considering the properties of a finite square well or barrier in the Dirac equation. It is shown that spontaneous positron emission occurs for a well if the potential is strong enough. The vacuum charge…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 A Calogeracos , N Dombey

Klein tunneling is a counterintuitive quantum-mechanical phenomenon, predicting perfect transmission of relativistic particles through higher energy barriers. This phenomenon was shown to be supported at normal incidence in graphene due to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-06-10 Lea Sirota

The "particle in a box" problem is investigated for a relativistic particle obeying the Klein-Gordon equation. To find the bound states, the standard methods known from elementary non-relativistic quantum mechanics can only be employed for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-28 M. Alkhateeb , A. Matzkin

We study forward scattering of 2D massless Dirac electrons at Fermi energy {\varepsilon} > 0 in single layer graphene through a 1D rectangular barrier of height {u_0} in the presence of uniform Rashba spin-orbit coupling (of strength…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-05-05 Y. Avishai , Y. B. Band

We show through both theoretical arguments and numerical calculations that graphene discerns an unconventional sequence of quantized Hall conductivity, when subject to both magnetic fields (B) and strain. The latter produces time-reversal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-20 Bitan Roy , Zi-Xiang Hu , Kun Yang

Scattering of a 2D Dirac electrons on a rectangular matrix potential barrier is considered using the formalism of spinor transfer matrices. It is shown, in particular, that in the absence of the mass term, the Klein tunneling is not…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-22 Mikhail Erementchouk , Pinaki Mazumder , M. A. Khan , Michael N. Leuenberger

Klein tunneling in gapless bilayer graphene, perfect reflection of electrons injecting normal to a pn junction, is expected to disappear in the presence of energy band gap induced by external gates. We theoretically show that the Klein…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-06-12 Sunghun Park , H. -S. Sim

In the framework of dielectric theory the static non-local self-energy of an electron near an ultra-thin polarizable layer has been calculated and applied to study binding energies of image-states near free-standing graphene. The…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-03-04 P. L. de Andres , P. M. Echenique , D. Niesner , Th. Fauster , A. Rivacoba

When a single-layer graphene sheet is contacted with metallic electrodes, tunnel barriers are formed as a result of the doping of graphene by the metal in the contact region. If the Fermi energy level is modulated by a gate voltage, the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-10-11 Gheorghe Sorin Paraoanu

We employ the tight-binding propagation method to study Klein tunneling and quantum interference in large graphene systems. With this efficient numerical scheme, we model the propagation of a wave packet through a potential barrier and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-01-27 R. Logemann , K. J. A. Reijnders , T. Tudorovskiy , M. I. Katsnelson , Shengjun Yuan

We study the Bloch spectrum and spin physics of 2D massless Dirac electrons in single layer graphene subject to a one dimensional periodic Kronig-Penney potential and Rashba spin-orbit coupling. The Klein paradox exposes novel features in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-18 Y. Avishai , Y. B. Band

We study the optical response of bilayer graphene with a kink potential composed of a domain wall separating two AB regions with opposite interlayer bias. The band structure and the local optical conductivity in real space are investigated…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-31 Zhen-Bing Dai , Zhiqiang Li , Yan He

We report on a theoretical study of one-dimensional (1D) states localized at few-layer graphene system ribbon edges, and at interfaces between few-layer graphene systems with different valley Hall conductivities. These 1D states are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-08-11 Jeil Jung , Fan Zhang , Zhenhua Qiao , Allan H. MacDonald