Valley filter and valley valve in graphene

Details Valley filter and valley valve in graphene Valley filter and valley valve in graphene

2006-08-24

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0608533v2

Nature Physics 3, 172-175 (2007)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

RevTeX, 4 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1038/nphys547

It is known that the lowest propagating mode in a narrow ballistic ribbon of graphene may lack the twofold valley degeneracy of higher modes. Depending on the crystallographic orientation of the ribbon axis, the lowest mode mixes both valleys or lies predominantly in a single valley (chosen by the direction of propagation). We show, using a tight-binding model calculation, that a nonequilibrium valley polarization can be realized in a sheet of graphene, upon injection of current through a ballistic point contact with zigzag edges. The polarity can be inverted by local application of a gate voltage to the point contact region. Two valley filters in series may function as an electrostatically controlled ``valley valve'', representing a zero-magnetic-field counterpart to the familiar spin valve.

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