Artificial graphene structures embedded in semiconductors could open novel routes for studies of electron interactions in 1ow-dimensional systems. We propose a way to manipulate the transport properties of massless Di...Artificial graphene structures embedded in semiconductors could open novel routes for studies of electron interactions in 1ow-dimensional systems. We propose a way to manipulate the transport properties of massless Dirac fermions in an artificial graphene-based tunnel junction. Velocity-modulation control of electron wave propagation in the different regions can be regarded as velocity barriers. Transmission probability of electron is affected profoundly by this velocity barrier. We find that there is no confinement for Dirac electron as the velocity ratio ζ is less than 1, but when the velocity ratio is larger than 1 the confined state appears in the continuum band. These localized Dirac electrons may lead to the decreasing of transmission probability.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants Nos.10174024 and 10474025
文摘Artificial graphene structures embedded in semiconductors could open novel routes for studies of electron interactions in 1ow-dimensional systems. We propose a way to manipulate the transport properties of massless Dirac fermions in an artificial graphene-based tunnel junction. Velocity-modulation control of electron wave propagation in the different regions can be regarded as velocity barriers. Transmission probability of electron is affected profoundly by this velocity barrier. We find that there is no confinement for Dirac electron as the velocity ratio ζ is less than 1, but when the velocity ratio is larger than 1 the confined state appears in the continuum band. These localized Dirac electrons may lead to the decreasing of transmission probability.
