Electronic superlattices in corrugated graphene
arXiv:0709.2614 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.77.035423
Abstract
We theoretically investigate electron transport through corrugated graphene ribbons and show how the ribbon curvature leads to an electronic superlattice with a period set by the corrugation wave length. Transport through the ribbon depends sensitively on the superlattice band structure which, in turn, strongly depends on the geometry of the deformed sheet. In particular, we find that for ribbon widths where the transverse level separation is comparable to the the band edge energy, a strong current switching occurs as function of an applied backgate voltage. Thus, artificially corrugated graphene sheets or ribbons can be used for the study of Dirac fermions in periodic potentials. Furthermore, this provides an additional design paradigm for graphene-based electronics.
4 pages, 6 figures
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