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石墨烯纳米带中的声学声子和自旋弛豫

Acoustic phonons and spin relaxation in graphene nanoribbons

Matthias Droth, Guido Burkard

摘要:

声子负责限制固体中的电子迁移率和自旋弛豫时间,并提供热传输机制。考虑到石墨烯纳米带中可能的晶体管功能以及自旋电子学应用,我们对这些纳米结构中的声学声子进行了理论研究。使用二维连续介质模型,考虑到单原子厚度的石墨烯,我们推导厄米波动方程,并推断声子创建和湮灭运营商。我们详细阐述了两种类型的边界配置,我们相信这可以在实验中实现:(i)固定和(ii)自由边界。前者导致带隙声子色散关系,这有利于高电子迁移率和长自旋寿命。后者在布里渊区的中心处表现出无间隙的色散和有限的面外模式的声速。在可忽略的边界效应的限制下,恢复了体块样的行为。我们还讨论了形变势,在某些情况下,形变势对自旋弛豫速率T_1^{-1}起主要作用。

英文摘要:

Phonons are responsible for limiting both the electron mobility and the spin relaxation time in solids and provide a mechanism for thermal transport. In view of a possible transistor function as well as spintronics applications in graphene nanoribbons, we present a theoretical study of acoustic phonons in these nanostructures. Using a two-dimensional continuum model which takes into account the monatomic thickness of graphene, we derive Hermitian wave equations and infer phonon creation and annihilation operators. We elaborate on two types of boundary configuration, which we believe can be realized in experiment: (i) fixed and (ii) free boundaries. The former leads to a gapped phonon dispersion relation, which is beneficial for high electron mobilites and long spin lifetimes. The latter exhibits an ungapped dispersion and a finite sound velocity of out-of-plane modes at the center of the Brillouin zone. In the limit of negligible boundary effects, bulk-like behavior is restored. We also discuss the deformation potential, which in some cases gives the dominant contribution to the spin relaxation rate T_1^{-1}.

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