Volume 534, Issue 11 2200308
Research Article

Klein Tunneling through Triple Barrier in AB Bilayer Graphene

Mouhamadou Hassane Saley

Mouhamadou Hassane Saley

Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Chouaïb Doukkali University, PO Box 20, El Jadida, 24000 Morocco

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Abderrahim El Mouhafid

Abderrahim El Mouhafid

Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Chouaïb Doukkali University, PO Box 20, El Jadida, 24000 Morocco

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Ahmed Jellal

Corresponding Author

Ahmed Jellal

Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Chouaïb Doukkali University, PO Box 20, El Jadida, 24000 Morocco

Canadian Quantum Research Center, 204-3002 32 Ave Vernon, Vernon, British Columbia, V1T 2L7 Canada

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Ahmed Siari

Ahmed Siari

Laboratory of Measurement and Control Instrumentation, Faculty of Sciences, Chouaïb Doukkali University, PO Box 20, El Jadida, 24000 Morocco

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First published: 20 September 2022
Citations: 1

Abstract

The transport properties of charge carriers in AB bilayer graphene through a triple electrostatic barrier are investigated. The transmission and reflection using the boundary conditions together with the transfer matrix method are calculated. For energy less than the interlayer coupling γ1, it is shown that, at normal incidence, transmission is completely suppressed in the gap for a large barrier width while it appears in the gap for the opposite case. For energy greater than γ1, it is shown that in the absence of an interlayer potential difference, transmission is less than that of a single barrier, but in its presence, transmission in the gap region is suppressed, as opposed to a double barrier. It is found that one, two, or three gaps can be created depending on the number of interlayer potential differences applied. Resonance in the T + $T_-^+$ transmission channel is observed that is not seen in the single and double barrier cases. Finally, the conductance is computed and it is shown that the number of peaks is greater than the double and single barrier cases. The results here enable the development of graphene-based transistors.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Data Availability Statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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