Electron optics in phosphorene pn junctions: Negative reflection and anti super-Klein tunneling
| Autor: | Thomas Stegmann, Francois Leyvraz, Yonatan Betancur-Ocampo |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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FOS: Physical sciences
Bioengineering 02 engineering and technology Electronic structure Electron Klein tunneling Quantum transport symbols.namesake chemistry.chemical_compound Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) General Materials Science Physics Condensed Matter - Materials Science Condensed matter physics Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Mechanical Engineering Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) General Chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Condensed Matter Physics Condensed Matter::Mesoscopic Systems and Quantum Hall Effect Phosphorene chemistry Electron optics symbols 0210 nano-technology Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics) |
| Popis: | Ballistic electrons in phosphorene $pn$ junctions show optical-like phenomena. Phosphorene is modeled by a tight-binding Hamiltonian that describes its electronic structure at low energies, where the electrons behave in the zigzag direction as massive Dirac fermions and in the orthogonal armchair direction as Schr\"odinger electrons. Applying the continuum approximation, we derive the electron optics laws in phosphorene $pn$ junctions, which show very particular and unusual properties. Due to the anisotropy of the electronic structure, these laws depend strongly on the orientation of the junction with respect to the sublattice. Negative and anomalous reflection are observed for tilted junctions, while the typical specular reflection is found only, if the junction is parallel to the zigzag or armchair edges. Moreover, omni-directional total reflection, called anti-super Klein tunneling, is observed if the junction is parallel to the armchair edge. Applying the nonequilibrium Green's function method on the tight-binding model, we calculate numerically the current flow. The good agreement of both approaches confirms the atypical transport properties, which can be used in nano-devices to collimate and filter the electron flow, or to switch its direction. Comment: 10 pages and 6 figures |
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