Tunable Band Structure Effects on Ballistic Transport in Graphene Nanoribbons

Details Tunable Band Structure Effects on Ballistic Transport in Graphene Nanoribbons Tunable Band Structure Effects on Ballistic Transport in Graphene Nanoribbons

2010-04-15

arxiv.org/abs/1004.2668v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

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Graphene nanoribbons (GNR) in mutually perpendicular electric and magnetic fields are shown to exhibit dramatic changes in their band structure and electron transport properties. A strong electric field across the ribbon induces multiple chiral Dirac points, closing the semiconducting gap in armchair GNR's. A perpendicular magnetic field induces partially formed Landau levels as well as dispersive surface-bound states. Each of the applied fields on its own preserves the even symmetry $E_{k} = E_{-k}$ of the subband dispersion. When applied together, they reverse the dispersion parity to be odd and gives $E_{e,k} = -E_{h,-k}$ and mix the electron and hole subbands within the energy range corresponding to the change in potential across the ribbon. This leads to oscillations of the ballistic conductance within this energy range.

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