Anomalous Klein tunneling in two-dimensional black phosphorus heterojunctions

• Published in: Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP Vol. 25; no. 35; pp. 23836 - 23846
• Main Authors: Chen, Shu-Gang, Zhang, Bin-Yuan, Yang, Zi-Wei, Gong, Wei-Jiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Royal Society of Chemistry 13.09.2023
• Subjects: Angle of reflection; Electron tunneling; Energy gap; Heterojunctions; Metalloids; Phosphorus; Quantum transport
• ISSN: 1463-9076; 1463-9084
• DOI: 10.1039/d3cp03161f

We investigate the role of heterojunctions of few-layer black phosphorus (BP) with band gap inversion in governing the quantum transport behaviors. Numerical results show that in the armchair junction, electron tunneling probability occurs under approximately normal incidence with its magnitude T > 0.5. More interestingly, when different band gaps are taken into account on two sides of this junction, the maximum transmission appears away from the center of the valley, leading to the occurrence of anomalous Klein tunneling. Such a result tends to be independent of the width and height of the potential barrier. On the other hand, in the zigzag junction, electron transmission arises in a larger range of angles, and perfect electron transmission ( T = 1.0) or reflection appears under specific band gap configurations. These findings provide a new understanding for the study of Klein tunneling and anomalous Klein tunneling based on tunable band gap BP or other two-dimensional Dirac semimetals. Heterojunctions of few-layer black phosphorus (BP) with band gap inversion exhibits anomalous Klein tunneling in the armchair direction and perfect electron transmission or reflection in the zigzag direction.