Published September 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

Amplification of acoustic waves in armchair graphene nanoribbon in the presence of external electric and magnetic fields

  • 1. Department of Physics, College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, U.C.C (Ghana)
  • 2. Department of Mathematics, College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, U.C.C (Ghana)

Description

Amplification of acoustic waves in Armchair Graphene Nanoribbon (AGNR) in the presence of an external electric and magnetic fields was studied using the Boltzmann's kinetic equation. The general expression for the amplification (Γ/Γ0) was obtained in the region ql1 for the energy dispersion ε(p) near the Fermi point. For various parameters of the quantized wave vector (β), the graphs of Γ/Γ0 against the electric field (Ex), the acoustic wave-number (q), the energy gap (Eg) and the dimensionless factor (Ωτ0) were numerically analyzed. The results showed a linear relation for Γ/Γ0 with Ex but non-linear for q and Ωτ0. The observed amplification can lead to SASER in Armchair Graphene Nanoribbon (AGNR).

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physe.2016.01.032

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physe.2016.01.032;
PII
S1386947716300297;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica E. Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures (Print)
Journal Volume
83
Journal Page Range
p. 420-425
ISSN
1386-9477

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
51117337
Subject category
S77: NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ACOUSTICS; AMPLIFICATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY GAP; GRAPH THEORY; GRAPHENE; KINETIC EQUATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SOUND WAVES
Descriptors DEC
CARBON; ELEMENTS; EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICS; NONMETALS

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