Massless and massive particle-in-a-box states in single-and bi-layer graphene

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2009-01-27

arxiv.org/abs/0901.4157v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

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Electron transport through short, phase-coherent metal-graphene-metal devices occurs via resonant transmission through particle-in-a-box-like states defined by the atomically-sharp metal leads. we study the spectrum of particle-in-a-box states for single- and bi-layer graphene, corresponding to massless and massive two-dimensional (2d) Fermions.The density of states D as a function of particle number n shows the expected relations D(n) ~ n1/2 for massless 2d Fermions (electrons in single-layer graphene) and D(n) ~ constant for massive 2d Fermions (electrons in bi-layer graphene). The single parameters of the massless and massive dispersion relations are found, Fermi velocity vF = 1.1 x 106m/s and effective mass m* = 0.032 me, where me is the electron mass, in excellent agreement with theoretical expectations.

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