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Tunneling conductance through gapped bilayer graphene junctions

Nadia Benlakhouy, Ahmed Jellal, El Houssine Atmani

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The conductance through single-layer graphene (SLG) and AA/AB-stacked bilayer graphene (BLG) junctions is obtained by taking into account band gap and bias voltage terms. First, we consider gapped SLG, while in between, they are connected into pristine BLG. For Fermi energy larger than the interlayer hopping, the conductance as a function of the bilayer region length $d$ reveals two different models of anti-resonances with the same period. As a function of the band gap, with AA-BLG stacking, the results show that the conductance has the same minima whatever the value of $d$, and for AB-BLG, $d$ remains relevant such that the system creates a global energy gap. Second, we consider pristine SLG, and in between, they are connected to gapped-biased BLG. We observe the appearance of peaks in the conductance profile with different periods and shapes, and also the presence of Klein tunneling with zero conductance in contrast to the first configuration. When $ d $ is less than 10, $G(E)$ vanishes and exhibits anti-Klein tunneling as a function of the Fermi energy $E$. We also investigate the conductance as a function of the bias. For AA-BLG, the results show antiresonances and diminish for a large value of the bias, independently of the bilayer region of length. In contrast, the conductance in AB-BLG has distinct characteristics in that it begins conducting with maxima for small $E$ and with minima for large $E$.

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The conductance through single-layer graphene (SLG) and AA/AB-stacked bilayer graphene (BLG) junctions is obtained by taking into account band gap and bias voltage terms. First, we consider gapped SLG, while in between, they are connected into pristine BLG. For Fermi energy larger than the interlayer hopping, the conductance as a function of the bilayer region length $d$ reveals two different models of anti-resonances with the same period. As a function of the band gap, with AA-BLG stacking, the results show that the conductance has the same minima whatever the value of $d$, and for AB-BLG, $d$ remains relevant such that the system creates a global energy gap. Second, we consider pristine SLG, and in between, they are connected to gapped-biased BLG. We observe the appearance of peaks in the conductance profile with different periods and shapes, and also the presence of Klein tunneling with zero conductance in contrast to the first configuration. When $ d $ is less than 10, $G(E)$ vanishes and exhibits anti-Klein tunneling as a function of the Fermi energy $E$. We also investigate the conductance as a function of the bias. For AA-BLG, the results show antiresonances and diminish for a large value of the bias, independently of the bilayer region of length. In contrast, the conductance in AB-BLG has distinct characteristics in that it begins conducting with maxima for small $E$ and with minima for large $E$.

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The conductance through single-layer graphene (SLG) and AA/AB-stacked bilayer graphene (BLG) junctions is obtained by taking into account band gap and bias voltage terms. First, we consider gapped SLG, while in between, they are connected into pristine BLG. For Fermi energy larger than the interlayer hopping, the conductance as a function of the bilayer region length $d$ reveals two different models of anti-resonances with the same period. As a function of the band gap, with AA-BLG stacking, the results show that the conductance has the same minima whatever the value of $d$, and for AB-BLG, $d$ remains relevant such that the system creates a global energy gap. Second, we consider pristine SLG, and in between, they are connected to gapped-biased BLG. We observe the appearance of peaks in the conductance profile with different periods and shapes, and also the presence of Klein tunneling with zero conductance in contrast to the first configuration. When $ d $ is less than 10, $G(E)$ vanishes and exhibits anti-Klein tunneling as a function of the Fermi energy $E$. We also investigate the conductance as a function of the bias. For AA-BLG, the results show antiresonances and diminish for a large value of the bias, independently of the bilayer region of length. In contrast, the conductance in AB-BLG has distinct characteristics in that it begins conducting with maxima for small $E$ and with minima for large $E$.

Key concepts: Conductance, Bilayer graphene, Condensed matter physics, Quantum tunnelling, Fermi energy, Maxima and minima, Graphene, Physics

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