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Valley-polarized pumping current in zigzag graphene nanoribbons with different spatial symmetries |
Zhizhou Yu(俞之舟)1, Fuming Xu(许富明)2 |
1 Center for Quantum Transport and Thermal Energy Science, School of Physics and Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China;
2 College of Physics and Energy, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China |
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Abstract We numerically investigate the valley-polarized current in symmetric and asymmetric zigzag graphene nanoribbons (ZGNRs) by the adiabatic pump, and the effect of spatial symmetry is considered by introducing different pumping regions. It is found that pumping potentials with the symmetry Vp(x,y)=Vp(-x,y) can generate the largest valley-polarized current. The valley-polarized currents I13L with the pumping potential symmetry Vp(x,y)=Vp(x,-y) and I14L with Vp(x,y)=Vp(-x,-y) of symmetric ZGNRs are much smaller than those of asymmetric ZGNRs. We also find I13L and I14L of symmetric ZGNRs decrease and increase with the increasing pumping amplitude, respectively. Moreover, the dephasing effect from the electron-phonon coupling within the Buttiker dephasing scheme is introduced. The valley-polarized current of the symmetric ZGNRs with Vp(x,y)=Vp(x,-y) increases with the increase of the dephasing strength while that with Vp(x,y)=Vp(-x,-y) decreases as the dephasing strength increases.
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Received: 27 August 2018
Revised: 05 October 2018
Accepted manuscript online:
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PACS:
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72.80.Vp
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(Electronic transport in graphene)
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73.63.-b
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(Electronic transport in nanoscale materials and structures)
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73.23.-b
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(Electronic transport in mesoscopic systems)
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85.75.-d
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(Magnetoelectronics; spintronics: devices exploiting spin polarized transport or integrated magnetic fields)
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Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11704190, 11874221, and 11504240) and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China (Grant No. BK20171030). |
Corresponding Authors:
Zhizhou Yu
E-mail: yuzhizhou@njnu.edu.cn
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Cite this article:
Zhizhou Yu(俞之舟), Fuming Xu(许富明) Valley-polarized pumping current in zigzag graphene nanoribbons with different spatial symmetries 2018 Chin. Phys. B 27 127203
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