Quantum Goos-Hanchen Effect in Graphene

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作者
Beenakker, C. W. J. [1 ]
Sepkhanov, R. A. [1 ]
Akhmerov, A. R. [1 ]
Tworzydlo, J. [2 ]
机构
[1] Leiden Univ, Inst Lorentz, NL-2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
[2] Warsaw Univ, Inst Theoret Phys, PL-00681 Warsaw, Poland
关键词
REFLECTION; LIGHT;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.146804
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The Goos-Hanchen (GH) effect is an interference effect on total internal reflection at an interface, resulting in a shift sigma of the reflected beam along the interface. We show that the GH effect at a p-n interface in graphene depends on the pseudospin (sublattice) degree of freedom of the massless Dirac fermions, and find a sign change of sigma at angle of incidence alpha(*)=arcsin sin alpha(c) determined by the critical angle alpha(c) for total reflection. In an n-doped channel with p-doped boundaries the GH effect doubles the degeneracy of the lowest propagating mode, introducing a twofold degeneracy on top of the usual spin and valley degeneracies. This can be observed as a stepwise increase by 8e(2)/h of the conductance with increasing channel width.
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