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Single-Particle Tunneling in Doped Graphene-Insulator-Graphene Junctions
The characteristics of tunnel junctions formed between n- and p-doped
graphene are investigated theoretically. The single-particle tunnel current
that flows between the two-dimensional electronic states of the graphene (2D-2D
tunneling) is evaluated. At a voltage bias such that the Dirac points of the
two electrodes are aligned, a large resonant current peak is produced. The
magnitude and width of this peak is computed, and its use for devices is
discussed. The influence of both rotational alignment of the graphene
electrodes and structural perfection of the graphene is discussed.Comment: 23 pages, 9 figures; added Section II(E) and associated figures, and
made other minor typographical correction
Inelastic Effects in Low-Energy Electron Reflectivity of Two-dimensional Materials
A simple method is proposed for inclusion of inelastic effects (electron
absorption) in computations of low-energy electron reflectivity (LEER) spectra.
The theoretical spectra are formulated by matching of electron wavefunctions
obtained from first-principles computations in a repeated vacuum-slab-vacuum
geometry. Inelastic effects are included by allowing these states to decay in
time in accordance with an imaginary term in the potential of the slab, and by
mixing of the slab states in accordance with the same type of distribution as
occurs in a free-electron model. LEER spectra are computed for various
two-dimensional materials, including free-standing multilayer graphene,
graphene on copper substrates, and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) on cobalt
substrates.Comment: 21 pages, 7 figure
SymFET: A Proposed Symmetric Graphene Tunneling Field Effect Transistor
In this work, an analytical model to calculate the channel potential and
current-voltage characteristics in a Symmetric tunneling
Field-Effect-Transistor (SymFET) is presented. The current in a SymFET flows by
tunneling from an n-type graphene layer to a p-type graphene layer. A large
current peak occurs when the Dirac points are aligned at a particular drain-to-
source bias VDS . Our model shows that the current of the SymFET is very weakly
dependent on temperature. The resonant current peak is controlled by chemical
doping and applied gate bias. The on/off ratio increases with graphene
coherence length and doping. The symmetric resonant peak is a good candidate
for high-speed analog applications, and can enable digital logic similar to the
BiSFET. Our analytical model also offers the benefit of permitting simple
analysis of features such as the full-width-at-half-maximum (FWHM) of the
resonant peak and higher order harmonics of the nonlinear current. The SymFET
takes advantage of the perfect symmetry of the bandstructure of 2D graphene, a
feature that is not present in conventional semiconductors
De Impact van Smartphone Gebruik na het Werk op Herstelactiviteiten en Ervaren Herstel en de rol van Psychologisch Detachment als Mediator
Door nieuwe communicatiemiddelen zoals de smartphone zijn medewerkers 24/7 bereikbaar. Smartphones worden meestal gebruik voor e-mails en internet. Werkgevers zien de voordelen in van smartphone’s en verschaffen werknemers een werktelefoon. In ruil daarvoor willen werkgevers snel antwoord op berichten, ook in de vrije tijd. Medewerkers herstellen meestal tijdens de avonduren van het werk. Volgens de effort-recovery theory (Meijman & Meijman, 1998) herstelt men door ondernomen activiteiten, gebruik makend van andere bronnen dan die van tijdens het werk en door psychologisch afstand nemen. Verstoort smartphone gebruik dit proces?
Het doel van dit onderzoek is in de eerste plaats na te gaan wat de impact van smartphone gebruik is op herstelactiviteiten en ervaren herstel. Ten tweede doel is nagaan of psychologisch detachment een mediator is in de relatie tussen herstelactiviteiten en ervaren herstel
Path distributions for describing eigenstates of the harmonic oscillator and other 1-dimensional problems
The manner in which probability amplitudes of paths sum up to form wave
functions of a harmonic oscillator, as well as other, simple 1-dimensional
problems, is described. Using known, closed-form, path-based propagators for
each problem, an integral expression is written that describes the wave
function. This expression conventionally takes the form of an integral over
initial locations of a particle, but it is re-expressed here in terms of a
characteristic momentum associated with motion between the endpoints of a path.
In this manner, the resulting expression can be analyzed using a generalization
of stationary-phase analysis, leading to distributions of paths that exactly
describe each eigenstate. These distributions are valid for all travel times,
but when evaluated for long times they turn out to be real, non-negative
functions of the characteristic momentum. For the harmonic oscillator in
particular, a somewhat broad distribution is found, peaked at value of momentum
that corresponds to a classical energy which in turn equals the energy
eigenvalue for the state being described.Comment: 26 page, 10 figures; in v2, added refs. 43 and 44 along with a brief
description of the latter, and made a few minor typographical correction
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