Coulomb drag by motion of a monolayer polar crystal through graphene nanoconstriction

Fuente: arXiv
Enregistré dans:
Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Chudnovskiy, A. L.
Format: Preprint
Publié: 2024
Sujets:
Accès en ligne:
Tags: Ajouter un tag
Pas de tags, Soyez le premier à ajouter un tag!
_version_ 1866917881801867264
author Chudnovskiy, A. L.
author_facet Chudnovskiy, A. L.
contents We theoretically predict that the motion of a polar crystalline layer between two graphene planes exerts Coulomb drag on electrons in graphene, inducing a DC drag current. The physical mechanism underlying this drag arises from intervalley scattering of charge carriers in graphene caused by the time-dependent potential of the moving crystalline layer. This drag effect manifests above a finite threshold doping of the graphene layers, which is determined by the lattice structure and the relative orientation of the crystalline layer with respect to the graphene lattice. Additionally, the drag current exhibits a nonlinear Hall effect due to the interplay between the induced nonequilibrium pseudospin and the intrinsic pseudospin-orbit coupling in graphene. In turn, the drag exerted on electrons in graphene produces a backaction on the crystalline layer, which can be described as an increase in its dynamic viscosity.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2407_07027
institution arXiv
publishDate 2024
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Coulomb drag by motion of a monolayer polar crystal through graphene nanoconstriction
Chudnovskiy, A. L.
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
We theoretically predict that the motion of a polar crystalline layer between two graphene planes exerts Coulomb drag on electrons in graphene, inducing a DC drag current. The physical mechanism underlying this drag arises from intervalley scattering of charge carriers in graphene caused by the time-dependent potential of the moving crystalline layer. This drag effect manifests above a finite threshold doping of the graphene layers, which is determined by the lattice structure and the relative orientation of the crystalline layer with respect to the graphene lattice. Additionally, the drag current exhibits a nonlinear Hall effect due to the interplay between the induced nonequilibrium pseudospin and the intrinsic pseudospin-orbit coupling in graphene. In turn, the drag exerted on electrons in graphene produces a backaction on the crystalline layer, which can be described as an increase in its dynamic viscosity.
title Coulomb drag by motion of a monolayer polar crystal through graphene nanoconstriction
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.07027