Low-energy Electron Reflectivity from Graphene

Abstract

Low-energy reflectivity of electrons from single- and multi-layer graphene is examined both theoretically and experimentally. A series of minima in the reflectivity over the energy range of 0 - 8 eV are found, with the number of minima depending on the number of graphene layers. Using first-principles computations, it is demonstrated that a free standing n-layer graphene slab produces n-1 reflectivity minima. This same result is also found experimentally for graphene supported on SiO2. For graphene bonded onto other substrates it is argued that a similar series of reflectivity minima is expected, although in certain cases an additional minimum occurs, at an energy that depends on the graphene-substrate separation and the effective potential in that space.

16 pages, 4 figures; version 2 adds figure S1 to supplementary material and make minor changes in text throughout paper

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