Pseudomagnetotransport in Strained Graphene

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Main Authors: Mreńca-Kolasińska, Alina, De Beule, Christophe, Shi, Jia-Tong, Garcia-Ruiz, Aitor, Kochan, Denis, Richter, Klaus, Liu, Ming-Hao
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author Mreńca-Kolasińska, Alina
De Beule, Christophe
Shi, Jia-Tong
Garcia-Ruiz, Aitor
Kochan, Denis
Richter, Klaus
Liu, Ming-Hao
author_facet Mreńca-Kolasińska, Alina
De Beule, Christophe
Shi, Jia-Tong
Garcia-Ruiz, Aitor
Kochan, Denis
Richter, Klaus
Liu, Ming-Hao
contents In graphene, long-wavelength deformations that result in elastic shear strain couple to the low-energy Dirac electrons as pseudogauge fields. Using a scalable tight-binding model, we consider analogs to magnetotransport in mesoscopic strained graphene devices with nearly uniform pseudomagnetic fields. In particular, we consider transverse pseudomagnetic focusing in a bent graphene ribbon and show that a focused valley-polarized current can be generated with characteristic conductance oscillations. Importantly, our scaling method allows for quantum transport calculations with realistic device geometries, and leaves the Dirac physics and pseudogauge fields invariant as long as the atomic displacements vary slowly with respect to the scaled lattice. Our results show that pseudomagnetotransport is a promising new route for graphene straintronics, and our scaling method provides a new framework for the modeling, design, and interpretation of straintronics experiments and applications.
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spellingShingle Pseudomagnetotransport in Strained Graphene
Mreńca-Kolasińska, Alina
De Beule, Christophe
Shi, Jia-Tong
Garcia-Ruiz, Aitor
Kochan, Denis
Richter, Klaus
Liu, Ming-Hao
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
In graphene, long-wavelength deformations that result in elastic shear strain couple to the low-energy Dirac electrons as pseudogauge fields. Using a scalable tight-binding model, we consider analogs to magnetotransport in mesoscopic strained graphene devices with nearly uniform pseudomagnetic fields. In particular, we consider transverse pseudomagnetic focusing in a bent graphene ribbon and show that a focused valley-polarized current can be generated with characteristic conductance oscillations. Importantly, our scaling method allows for quantum transport calculations with realistic device geometries, and leaves the Dirac physics and pseudogauge fields invariant as long as the atomic displacements vary slowly with respect to the scaled lattice. Our results show that pseudomagnetotransport is a promising new route for graphene straintronics, and our scaling method provides a new framework for the modeling, design, and interpretation of straintronics experiments and applications.
title Pseudomagnetotransport in Strained Graphene
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.21056