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处于高自旋金属态的交叉锯齿形石墨烯纳米带的电子束分裂效应

Electron beam splitting effect with crossed zigzag graphene nanoribbons in high-spin metallic states

Sofia Sanz, Géza Giedke, Daniel Sánchez-Portal, Thomas Frederiksen

AI总结:

本研究针对宽锯齿形石墨烯纳米带在小磁场下的铁磁态特性,构建交叉ZGNR四端器件,结合平均场Hubbard模型与非平衡格林函数方法分析输运性质,发现其高自旋金属态具有可调电子束分裂特性,为单电子量子光学研究提供新平台。

摘要:

本文分析了由两条带锯齿形边缘的交叉石墨烯纳米带(ZGNRs)构成的器件在总磁化强度不为零的自旋态下的电子输运性质。已有研究表明ZGNRs的基态在边缘电子之间呈现反铁磁有序,但对于宽ZGNRs——其边缘的局域自旋态相互解耦且交换相互作用接近于零——在相对较小的磁场作用下,由于塞曼效应,铁磁(FM)自旋构型实际上可成为能量最低的态。在此基础上,我们通过比较周期性ZGNR的总能量随单位晶胞磁化强度的变化,得到了完美纳米带的最低能量类铁磁解、由交叉ZGNR构成的四端器件的对应最低能量类铁磁构型,以及将系统激发到该自旋构型所需的临界磁场。通过输运计算,我们分析了在小栅极电压下,该器件的层间距和交叉角对电导的影响。我们采用平均场Hubbard哈密顿量结合非平衡格林函数方法来处理该问题。研究发现,受横向磁场作用的ZGNR器件可获得高自旋构型,该构型能确保金属响应和可调的束分裂特性,这一设置有望用于研究单电子激发的电子量子光学。

英文摘要:

Here we analyze the electron transport properties of a device formed of two crossed graphene nanoribbons with zigzag edges (ZGNRs) in a spin state with total magnetization different from zero. While the ground state of ZGNRs has been shown to display antiferromagnetic ordering between the electrons at the edges, for wide ZGNRs--where the localized spin states at the edges are decoupled and the exchange interaction is close to zero--, in presence of relatively small magnetic fields, the ferromagnetic (FM) spin configuration can in fact become the state of lowest energy due to the Zeeman effect. In these terms, by comparing the total energy of a periodic ZGNR as a function of the magnetization per unit cell we obtain the FM-like solution of lowest energy for the perfect ribbon, the corresponding FM-like configuration of lowest energy for the four-terminal device formed of crossed ZGNRs, and the critical magnetic field needed to excite the system to this spin configuration. By performing transport calculations, we analyze the role of the distance between layers and the crossing angle of this device in the electrical conductance, at small gate voltages. The problem is approached employing the mean-field Hubbard Hamiltonian in combination with non-equilibrium Green's functions. We find that ZGNR devices subject to transverse magnetic fields may acquire a high-spin configuration that ensures a metallic response and tunable beam splitting properties, making this setting promising for studying electron quantum optics with single-electron excitations.

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