We study the role of electronic spin and valley symmetry in the quantum interference (QI) patterns of the transmission function in graphene quantum junctions. In particular, we link it to the position of the destructive QI antiresonances. When the spin or valley symmetry is preserved, electrons with opposite spin or valley display the same interference pattern. On the other hand, when a symmetry is lifted, the antiresonances are split, with a consequent dramatic differentiation of the transport properties in the respective channel. We demonstrate rigorously this link in terms of the analytical structure of the electronic Green function, which follows from the symmetries of the microscopic model, and we confirm the result with numerical calculations for graphene nanoflakes. We argue that this is a generic and robust feature that can be exploited in different ways for the realization of nanoelectronic QI devices, generalizing the recent proposal of a QI-assisted spin-filtering effect [A. Valli et al., Nano Lett. 18, 2158 (2018)10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b00453].

Interplay between destructive quantum interference and symmetry-breaking phenomena in graphene quantum junctions / Valli, A.; Amaricci, A.; Brosco, V.; Capone, M.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B. - ISSN 2469-9950. - 100:7(2019), pp. 1-10. [10.1103/PhysRevB.100.075118]

Interplay between destructive quantum interference and symmetry-breaking phenomena in graphene quantum junctions

Valli A.;Amaricci A.;Capone M.
2019-01-01

Abstract

We study the role of electronic spin and valley symmetry in the quantum interference (QI) patterns of the transmission function in graphene quantum junctions. In particular, we link it to the position of the destructive QI antiresonances. When the spin or valley symmetry is preserved, electrons with opposite spin or valley display the same interference pattern. On the other hand, when a symmetry is lifted, the antiresonances are split, with a consequent dramatic differentiation of the transport properties in the respective channel. We demonstrate rigorously this link in terms of the analytical structure of the electronic Green function, which follows from the symmetries of the microscopic model, and we confirm the result with numerical calculations for graphene nanoflakes. We argue that this is a generic and robust feature that can be exploited in different ways for the realization of nanoelectronic QI devices, generalizing the recent proposal of a QI-assisted spin-filtering effect [A. Valli et al., Nano Lett. 18, 2158 (2018)10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b00453].
2019
100
7
1
10
075118
https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.075118
https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.11307v2
Valli, A.; Amaricci, A.; Brosco, V.; Capone, M.
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