Transfer Matrix Approach to One-Dimensional Electron Transport in Graphene Sheets with Piecewise Constant Potentials

• Authors: S. Ghazanfari
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We studied one-dimensional electron transport in a system composed of two monolayer graphene sheets with an optional arrangement of different constant rectangular electrostatic potential barriers between them. We derived a generalized transfer matrix for the electron which passes through this system. Finally, we examined our model by applying it on a well known rectangular shape constant potential barrier and we obtained the same result from our method similar to the others.

Keywords

EN

81.05.ue; 72.80.vp; 75.70.cn

Discipline

• 81.05.ue: Graphene(for structure of graphene, see 61.48.Gh; for phonons in graphene, see 63.22.Rc; for thermal properties, see 65.80.Ck; for graphene films, see 68.65.Pq; for electronic transport, see 72.80.Vp; for electronic structure, see 73.22.Pr; for optical properties, see 78.67.Wj)

• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 123
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 148-151

Dates

published

2013-01

received

2012-01-10

(unknown)

2012-11-04

Contributors

author

S. Ghazanfari

• Physics Department, Islamic Azad University Fars Science and Research Branch, P.O. Box 74715-181, Marvdasht, Iran

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.123.148