TY - JOUR
T1 - Weyl Semimetal Path to Valley Filtering in Graphene
AU - Khalifa, Ahmed M.
AU - Kaul, Ribhu K.
AU - Shimshoni, Efrat
AU - Fertig, H. A.
AU - Murthy, Ganpathy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 American Physical Society.
PY - 2021/9/17
Y1 - 2021/9/17
N2 - We propose a device in which a sheet of graphene is coupled to a Weyl semimetal, allowing for the physical access to the study of tunneling from two- to three-dimensional massless Dirac fermions. Because of the reconstructed band structure, we find that this device acts as a robust valley filter for electrons in the graphene sheet. We show that, by appropriate alignment, the Weyl semimetal draws away current in one of the two graphene valleys, while allowing current in the other to pass unimpeded. In contrast to other proposed valley filters, the mechanism of our proposed device occurs in the bulk of the graphene sheet, obviating the need for carefully shaped edges or dimensions.
AB - We propose a device in which a sheet of graphene is coupled to a Weyl semimetal, allowing for the physical access to the study of tunneling from two- to three-dimensional massless Dirac fermions. Because of the reconstructed band structure, we find that this device acts as a robust valley filter for electrons in the graphene sheet. We show that, by appropriate alignment, the Weyl semimetal draws away current in one of the two graphene valleys, while allowing current in the other to pass unimpeded. In contrast to other proposed valley filters, the mechanism of our proposed device occurs in the bulk of the graphene sheet, obviating the need for carefully shaped edges or dimensions.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.126801
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.126801
M3 - Article
C2 - 34597113
AN - SCOPUS:85116004396
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 127
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 12
M1 - 126801
ER -