First-principles Analysis of Photo-current in Graphene PN Junctions

Details First-principles Analysis of Photo-current in Graphene PN Junctions First-principles Analysis of Photo-current in Graphene PN Junctions

2012-02-22

arxiv.org/abs/1202.4980v1

Physics

Computational Physics

7 pages, 6 figures

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We report a first principles investigation of photocurrent generation by graphene PN junctions. The junctions are formed by either chemically doping with nitrogen and boron atoms, or by controlling gate voltages. Non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) formalism combined with density functional theory (DFT) is applied to calculate the photo-response function. The graphene PN junctions show a broad band photo-response including the terahertz range. The dependence of the response on the angle between the light polarization vector and the PN interface is determined. Its variation against photon energy $E_{ph}$ is calculated in the visible range. The essential properties of chemically doped and gate-controlled PN junctions are similar, but the former shows fingerprints of dopant distribution.

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