Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2011-05-24
Phys. Rev. B 84, 125453 (2011)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
6 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.84.125453
We theoretically investigate negative differential resistance (NDR) for ballistic transport in semiconducting armchair graphene nanoribbon (aGNR) superlattices (5 to 20 barriers) at low bias voltages V_SD < 500 mV. We combine the graphene Dirac Hamiltonian with the Landauer-B\"uttiker formalism to calculate the current I_SD through the system. We find three distinct transport regimes in which NDR occurs: (i) a "classical" regime for wide layers, through which the transport across band gaps is strongly suppressed, leading to alternating regions of nearly unity and zero transmission probabilities as a function of V_SD due to crossing of band gaps from different layers; (ii) a quantum regime dominated by superlattice miniband conduction, with current suppression arising from the misalignment of miniband states with increasing V_SD; and (iii) a Wannier-Stark ladder regime with current peaks occurring at the crossings of Wannier-Stark rungs from distinct ladders. We observe NDR at voltage biases as low as 10 mV with a high current density, making the aGNR superlattices attractive for device applications.
Egues Carlos J.
Ferreira Gerson J.
Leuenberger Michael N.
Loss Daniel
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