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Electron tunneling for Rashba model in graphene over a square potential barrier

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Abstract

We have calculated the transmission coefficient and the tunneling conductance across a square potential barrier for both graphene and a dice lattice in the presence of linearly polarized off-resonant dressing field. The linearly-polarized, external electromagnetic field induces anisotropy into the energy dispersion of tunneling electrons so that the cross section of a Dirac cone becomes elliptical. The wave vector, the spinor vector, and the group-velocity vector are no longer aligned to each other. The normal direction to a barrier layer in the tunneling system could be misaligned with the major axis of the ellipse, exhibiting an asymmetric Klein paradox for an off-normal-direction tunneling. The resulting tunneling current in this system is calculated by using a transmission coefficient and a longitudinal group velocity for different types of α-T3 materials and misalignment angles.

Publication: Optically modulated tunneling current of dressed electrons in graphene and a dice lattice, Phys. Rev. B 105, 115309 (2022)

Presenters

  • Paula Fekete

    US Military Academy West Point

Authors

  • Paula Fekete

    US Military Academy West Point

  • Godfrey Gumbs

    City University of New York, Hunter College of CUNY, City College of New York, Hunter College of New York

  • Andrii Iurov

    Medgar Evers College, The City College of New York

  • Andrii Iurov

    Medgar Evers College, The City College of New York

  • Danhong Huang

    Air Force Research Lab - Kirtland

  • Travis Rogowski

    Hunter College

  • Dipendra Dahal

    Wayne State University, The Graduate Center, City University of