A 50/50 electronic beam splitter in graphene nanoribbons as a building block for electron optics.

J Phys Condens Matter

Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal Fluminense, 24210-346 Niterói, RJ, Brazil.

Published: December 2016

Based on the investigation of the multi-terminal conductance of a system composed of two graphene nanoribbons, in which one is on top of the other and rotated by [Formula: see text], we propose a setup for a 50/50 electronic beam splitter that neither requires large magnetic fields nor ultra low temperatures. Our findings are based on an atomistic tight-binding description of the system and on the Green function method to compute the Landauer conductance. We demonstrate that this system acts as a perfect 50/50 electronic beam splitter, in which its operation can be switched on and off by varying the doping (Fermi energy). We show that this device is robust against thermal fluctuations and long range disorder, as zigzag valley chiral states of the nanoribbons are protected against backscattering. We suggest that the proposed device can be applied as the fundamental element of the Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometer, as well as a building block of many devices in electron optics.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/28/50/505303DOI Listing

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