Perfect Reflection of Chiral Fermions in Gated Graphene Nanoribbons
arXiv:0901.3407 · doi:10.1021/nl900227e
Abstract
We describe the results of a theoretical study of transport through gated metallic graphene nanoribbons using a non-equilibrium Green function method. Although analogies with quantum field theory predict perfect transmission of chiral fermions through gated regions in one dimension, we find \emph{perfect reflection} of chiral fermions in armchair ribbons for specific configurations of the gate. This effect should be measurable in narrow graphene constrictions gated by a charged carbon nanotube.
9 pages, 3 figures. Submitted to Nano Letters
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