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An exact expression of the transmission probability through a finite graphene superlattice with an arbitrary number of potential barriers $n$ is derived in two cases of the periodic potential: rectangular electric potential and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-02-20 C. Huy Pham , V. Lien Nguyen

Electron transmission through different gated and gapped graphene superlattices (GSLs) is studied. Linear, Gaussian, Lorentzian and P\"oschl-Teller superlattice potential profiles have been assessed. A relativistic description of electrons…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-01-11 A. Sánchez-Arellano , M. Madrigal-Melchor , I. Rodríguez-Vargas

The absence of a band-gap in graphene limits the gate modulation of its electron conductivity, both in regular graphene as well as in PN junctions, where electrostatic barriers prove transparent to Klein tunneling. We demonstrate a novel…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 Redwan Sajjad , Avik Ghosh

We have theoretically investigated the properties of electronic transport in graphene heterostructures, which are consisted of two different graphene superlattices with one-dimensional periodic potentials. It is found that such…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-07-25 Li-Gang Wang , Yuen-Chi Tse , Shi-Yao Zhu

Subjecting a nanohelix to a transverse electric field gives rise to superlattice behavior with tunable electronic properties. We theoretically investigate such a system and find Bloch oscillations and negative differential conductance when…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-10-14 C. A. Downing , M. G. Robinson , M. E. Portnoi

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

Photon-assisted charge transport through a double barrier structure under a time periodic field in graphene is studied. Within the framework of the Floquet formalism and using the transfer matrix method, the transmission probabilities for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-12 H. P. Ojeda-Collado , C. Rodríguez-Castellanos

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

In this review article we discuss the recent progress in studying ballistic transport for charge carriers in graphene through highly inhomogenous magnetic field known as magnetic barrier in combination with gate voltage induced…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-04-12 Neetu Agrawal , Sankalpa Ghosh , Manish Sharma

We have utilized the finite-difference approach to explore electron-tunneling properties in gapped graphene through various electrostatic-potential barriers changing from Gaussian to a triangular envelope function in comparison with a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-10-27 Farhana Anwar , Andrii Iurov , Danhong Huang , Godfrey Gumbs , Ashwani Sharma

Graphene lacks an intrinsic band-gap, which limits its use in electronic applications. Here we demonstrate that periodic arrays of topological defects can open and control a band-gap in a predictable manner governed by defect spacing and…

We study transmission in a system consisting of a curved graphene surface as an arc (ripple) of circle connected to two flat graphene sheets on the left and right sides. We introduce a mass term in the curved part and study the effect of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-08-12 Jaouad El-hassouny , Ahmed Jellal , El Houssine Atmania

The effect of nonlinear transmission in coupled optical waveguide arrays is theoretically investigated via numerical simulations on the corresponding model equations. The realistic experimental setup is suggested injecting the beam in a…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 Ramaz Khomeriki

We present a throughout study of transmission and localization properties of Fibonacci superlattices, both in flat band conditions and subject to homogeneous electric fields perpendicular to the layers. We use the transfer matrix formalism…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-02-03 Mario Castro , Francisco Dominguez-Adame

We consider the gapped graphene superlattice (SL) constructed in accordance with the Fibonacci rule. Quasi-periodic modulation is due to the difference in the values of the energy gap in different SL elements. It is shown that the effective…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 A. M. Korol , V. M. Isai

Following our recent interest in metamaterial-based devices supporting resonant tunneling, energy squeezing and supercoupling through narrow waveguide channels and bends, here we analyze the fundamental physical mechanisms behind this…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 Andrea Alu , Mario G. Silveirinha , Nader Engheta

The electronic bands of twisted bilayer graphene (TBLG) with a large-period moir\'e superlattice fracture to form narrow Bloch minibands that are spectrally isolated by forbidden energy gaps from remote dispersive bands. When these gaps are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-28 Vo Tien Phong , E. J. Mele

We study the conductance of disordered graphene superlattices with short-range structural correlations. The system consists of electron- and hole-doped graphenes of various thicknesses, which fluctuate randomly around their mean value. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 N. Abedpour , Ayoub Esmailpour , Reza Asgari , M. Reza Rahimi Tabar

We study the transfer of electromagnetic energy across a subwavelength gap separating two co-axial metal nanorodes. The absence of spacer in the gap separating the rods the system exhibits the strong coupling between longitudinal plasmons…

Optics · Physics 2016-05-04 Maxim Sukharev , Abraham Nitzan

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