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Klein Tunneling And Cone Transport In Aa-Stacked Bilayer Graphene, Matthew Sanderson, Yee Sin Ang, C Zhang Jan 2015

Klein Tunneling And Cone Transport In Aa-Stacked Bilayer Graphene, Matthew Sanderson, Yee Sin Ang, C Zhang

Yee Sin Ang

We investigate the quantum tunneling of electrons in an AA-stacked bilayer graphene (BLG) n-p junction and n-p-n junction. We show that Klein tunneling of an electron can occur in this system. The quasiparticles are not only chiral but are additionally described by a "cone index." Due to the orthogonality of states with different cone indexes, electron transport across a potential barrier must strictly conserve the cone index, and this leads to the protected cone transport which is unique in AA-stacked BLG. Together with the negative refraction of electrons, electrons residing in different cones can be spatially separated according to their …


Energy Loss Rate Of A Charged Particle In Hgte/(Hgte, Cdte) Quantum Wells, Qinjun Chen, Yee Sin Ang, Xiaolin Wang, R A. Lewis, Chao Zhang Jan 2015

Energy Loss Rate Of A Charged Particle In Hgte/(Hgte, Cdte) Quantum Wells, Qinjun Chen, Yee Sin Ang, Xiaolin Wang, R A. Lewis, Chao Zhang

Yee Sin Ang

The energy loss rate (ELR) of a charged particle in a HgTe/(HgTe, CdTe) quantum well is investigated. We consider scattering of a charged particle by the bulk insulating states in this type of topological insulator. It is found that the ELR characteristics due to the intraband excitation have a linear energy dependence while those due to interband excitation depend on the energy exponentially. An interesting quantitative result is that for a large range of the incident energy, the mean inelastic scattering rate is around a few terahertz.


Chiral-Like Tunneling Of Electrons In Two-Dimensional Semiconductors With Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling, Yee Sin Ang, Zhongshui Ma, C Zhang Jan 2015

Chiral-Like Tunneling Of Electrons In Two-Dimensional Semiconductors With Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling, Yee Sin Ang, Zhongshui Ma, C Zhang

Yee Sin Ang

The unusual tunneling effects of massless chiral fermions (mCF) and massive chiral fermions (MCF) in a single layer graphene and bilayer graphene represent some of the most bizarre quantum transport phenomena in condensed matter system. Here we show that in a two-dimensional semiconductor with Rashba spin-orbit coupling (R2DEG), the real-spin chiral-like tunneling of electrons at normal incidence simultaneously exhibits features of mCF and MCF. The parabolic branch of opposite spin in R2DEG crosses at a Dirac-like point and has a band turning point. These features generate transport properties not found in usual two-dimensional electron gas. Albeit its p Berry phase, …


Intraband Nonlinear Terahertz Waves Absorption Of Gapped Graphene, Asya Tawfiq, Yee Sin Ang, Chao Zhang Jan 2015

Intraband Nonlinear Terahertz Waves Absorption Of Gapped Graphene, Asya Tawfiq, Yee Sin Ang, Chao Zhang

Yee Sin Ang

The effect of bandgap opening on the intraband nonlinear optical response of graphene in terahertz frequency regime is theoretically investigated. The nonlinear optical response of gapped graphene is found to be sensitively influenced by the bandgap level and temperature. © 2012 IEEE.


Nonlinear Optical Spectrum Of Two-Dimensional Electron Gas With Rashba Spin-Orbit Interaction In Thz Frequency Regime, Yee Sin Ang, C Zhang, Qinjun Chen Jan 2015

Nonlinear Optical Spectrum Of Two-Dimensional Electron Gas With Rashba Spin-Orbit Interaction In Thz Frequency Regime, Yee Sin Ang, C Zhang, Qinjun Chen

Yee Sin Ang

We theoretically calculate the nonlinear optical spectrum of two-dimensional electron gas in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit interaction in terahertz frequency regime. For Rashba coupling parameter in the order of 0.4 eVÅ, the nonlinear optical response exceeds the linear response with the application of an external electric field strength in the order of 103 V/cm.


Nonlinear Optical Response Of Graphene Superlattice In Terahertz Frequency Regime, Yee Sin Ang, Chao Zhang Jan 2015

Nonlinear Optical Response Of Graphene Superlattice In Terahertz Frequency Regime, Yee Sin Ang, Chao Zhang

Yee Sin Ang

We investigate the nonlinear optical response of a Kronig-Penney type graphene superlattice in which the Fermi velocity of the massless Dirac quasiparticle anisotropically depends on the direction of propagation. Such velocity anisotropy results in enhanced nonlinear optical response in terahertz frequency regime.