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We demonstrate a dynamic surface plasmonic modulation of graphene-nanowire hybrid structures in visible light range, which was thought to be a tough task for graphene based field effect transistor modulator previously. Static modulation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-12-02 Haoliang Qian , Yaoguang Ma , Qing Yang , Bigeng Chen , Ying Liu , Xin Guo , Shisheng Lin , Jili Ruan , Xu Liu , Limin Tong , Zhong Lin Wang

Spatial manipulation of current flow in graphene could be achieved through the use of a tilted pn junction. We show through numerical simulation that a pseudo-Hall effect (i.e. non-equilibrium charge and current density accumulating along…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-12-20 Tony Low , Joerg Appenzeller

The p-n junctions dynamics in graphene channel induced by stripe domains nucleation, motion and reversal in a ferroelectric substrate is explored using self-consistent approach based on Landau-Ginzburg-Devonshire phenomenology combined with…

We report a theoretical study suggesting a novel type of electronic switching effect, driven by the geometrical reconstruction of nanoscale graphene-based junctions. We considered junction struc- tures which have alternative metastable…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 T. Kawai , M. Poetschke , Y. Miyamoto , C. G. Rocha , S. Roche , G. Cuniberti

Electrons transmitted across a ballistic semiconductor junction undergo refraction, analogous to light rays across an optical boundary. A pn junction theoretically provides the equivalent of a negative index medium, enabling novel electron…

Graphene has generated exceptional interest as an optoelectronic material because its high carrier mobility and broadband absorption promise to make extremely fast and broadband electro-optic devices possible. Electro-optic graphene…

We study quasi-particle transmission through an $n $-$p$ junction in a graphene irradiated by an electromagnetic field (EF). In the absence of EF the electronic spectrum of undoped graphene is gapless, and one may expect the perfect…

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

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

A nanoelectronic device made of twisted bilayer graphene (TBLG) is proposed to steer the direction of the current flow. The ballistic electron current, injected at one edge of the bottom layer, can be guided predominantly to one of the…

In spintronics, the ability to transport magnetic information often depends on the existence of a spin current traveling between two different magnetic objects acting as source and probe. A large fraction of this information never reaches…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-17 F. S. M. Guimarães , A. T. Costa , R. B. Muniz , M. S. Ferreira

The unique optical and electronic properties of graphene allow one to realize active optical devices. While several types of graphene-based photonic modulators have already been demonstrated, the potential of combining the versatility of…

We study photodetection in graphene near a local electrostatic gate, which enables active control of the potential landscape and carrier polarity. We find that a strong photoresponse only appears when and where a p-n junction is formed,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-12-30 M. C. Lemme , F. H. L. Koppens , A. L. Falk , M. S. Rudner , H. Park , L. S. Levitov , C. M. Marcus

Graphene-based vertical field effect transistors have attracted considerable attention in the light of realizing high-speed switching devices; however, the functionality of such devices has been limited by either their small ON-OFF current…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 Rai Moriya , Takehiro Yamaguchi , Yoshihisa Inoue , Sei Morikawa , Yohta Sata , Satoru Masubuchi , Tomoki Machida

The present Letter proposes a device based on graphene for infrared light emission. It is based on a n- and p-doped monolayer graphene (MGs), with Fermi energies $E_F$ and -$E_F$, respectively, sandwiching a bilayer graphene (BG) with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-19 Z. Z. Alisultanov , M. S. Reis

The global electronic properties of solid-state devices are strongly affected by the microscopic spatial paths of charge carriers. Visualising these paths in novel devices produced by scalable processes would provide a quality assessment…

Thanks to their highly tunable band gaps, graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) with atomically precise edges are emerging as mechanically and chemically robust candidates for nanoscale light emitting devices of modulable emission color. While their…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-03-01 Michael C. Chong , Nasima Afshar-Imani , Fabrice Scheurer , Claudia Cardoso , Andrea Ferretti , Deborah Prezzi , Guillaume Schull

We study electronic transport in graphene/ferromagnetic insulator hybrid devices. The system comprises an armchair graphene nanoribbon with a lens-shaped EuO ferromagnetic insulator layer deposited on top of it. When the device supports a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-02-12 Yuriko Baba , Marta Saiz-Bretín

We theoretically investigate the time-dependent ballistic transport in metallic graphene nanoribbons after the sudden switch-on of a bias voltage $V$. The ribbon is divided in three different regions, namely two semi-infinite graphenic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 E. Perfetto , G. Stefanucci , M. Cini

Creation of sharp lateral p-n junctions in graphene devices, with transition widths well below the Fermi wavelength of graphene charge carriers, is vital to study and exploit these electronic systems for electron-optical applications. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-19 Ferney A. Chaves , David Jimenez , Jaime E. Santos , Peter Boggild , Jose M. Caridad

Today the availability of high mobility graphene up to room temperature makes ballistic transport in nanodevices achievable. In particular, p-n-p transistor in the ballistic regime gives access to the Klein tunneling physics and allows the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-09-23 Quentin Wilmart , Salim Berada , David Torrin , V. Hung Nguyen , Gwendal Fève , Jean-Marc Berroir , Philippe Dollfus , Bernard Plaçais