Breakdown of the law of reflection at a disordered graphene edge
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Abstract
The law of reflection states that smooth surfaces reflect waves specularly, thereby acting as a mirror. This law is insensitive to disorder as long as its length scale is smaller than the wavelength. Monolayer graphene exhibits a linear dispersion at low energies and consequently a diverging Fermi wavelength. We present proof that a charge-neutral disordered graphene boundary results in a diffusive electron reflection even when the electron wavelength is much longer than the disorder correlation length. Using numerical quantum transport simulations, we demonstrate that this phenomenon can be observed as a nonlocal conductance dip in a magnetic focusing experiment.
*ERC Starting Grant No. 638760, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO/OCW), and the U.S. Office of Naval Research.
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Presenters
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Anton Akhmerov
- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology