Klein paradox between transmitted and reflected Dirac waves on Bour surfaces

arXiv2207.04099MaRDI QIDQ6404446FDOQ6404446

Authors: Víctor A. González-Domínguez, Juan A Reyes-Nava, P. Castro-Villarreal 

Publication date: 8 July 2022

Abstract: It is supposed the existence of a curved graphene sheet with the geometry of a Bour surface $B_n$, such as the catenoid (or helicoid), $B_0$, and the classical Enneper surface, $B_2$, among others. In particular, in this work, the propagation of the electronic degrees of freedom on these surfaces is studied based on the Dirac equation. As a consequence of the polar geometry of $B_n$, it is found that the geometry of the surface causes the Dirac fermions to move as if they would be subjected to an external potential coupled to a spin-orbit term. The geometry-induced potential is interpreted as a barrier potential, which is asymptotically zero. Furthermore, the behaviour of asymptotic Dirac states and scattering states are studied through the Lippmann-Schwinger formalism. It is found that for surfaces $B_0$ and $B_1$, the total transmission phenomenon is found for sufficiently large values of energy, while for surfaces $B_n$, with $ngeq2$, it is shown that there is an energy point $E_K$ where Klein's paradox is realized, while for energy values $Egg{E}_K$ it is found that the conductance of the hypothetical material is completely suppressed, $mathcalG(E)o0$.

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