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View SchemaEvidence Against Klein Paradox in Graphene
| Authors | Daniela Dragoman |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0701083 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0701083 |
Abstract
It is demonstrated that both transmission and reflection coefficients associated to the Klein paradox at a step barrier are positive and less than unity, so that the particle-antiparticle pair creation mechanism commonly linked to this phenomenon is not necessary. Because graphene is a solid-state testing ground for quantum electrodynamics phenomena involving massless Dirac fermions we suggest that the transport characteristic through a p-n graphene junction can decide between the results obtained in this paper and the common Klein paradox theory, which imply negative transmission and higher-than-unity reflection coefficients. Recent experimental evidence supports our findings.
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