Trapping charge carriers in low-dimensional Dirac materials
arXiv:1903.12465 · doi:10.1142/S0219581X19400015
Abstract
We consider the problem of confining the famously elusive Dirac-like quasiparticles, as found in some recently discovered low-dimensional systems. After briefly surveying the existing theoretical proposals for creating bound states in Dirac materials, we study relativistic excitations with a position-dependent mass term. With the aid of an exactly-solvable model, we show how bound states begin to emerge after a critical condition on the size of the mass term is met. We also reveal some exotic properties of the unusual confinement discovered, including an elegant chevron structure of the bound state energies as a function of the size of the mass.
6 pages, 1 figure, Int. J. Nanosci. (2019)
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