Tunable Goos–Hänchen Shifts and Group Delay Time in Single‐Barrier Silicene

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Authors: Youssef Fattasse, Hocine Bahlouli, Clarence Cortes, David Laroze, Ahmed Jellal
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Abstract

ABSTRACT We investigate the Goos–Hänchen (GH) shifts and group delay time of Dirac fermions traversing a rectangular electrostatic potential barrier in silicene. By analyzing their dependence on the incident angle, barrier height, barrier width, and incident energy, we demonstrate that the GH shifts exhibit pronounced oscillations arising from quantum interference within the barrier region. The amplitude and number of oscillation peaks increase with increasing energy, barrier width, and incidence angle, resulting in enhanced lateral beam displacement. Meanwhile, the group delay time exhibits resonant features associated with the formation of quasi‐bound states, increasing with barrier width, energy, and incidence angle, while decreasing with increasing barrier height. These results clarify how barrier‐induced quantum interference controls both the lateral and temporal dynamics of Dirac fermions in silicene, highlighting the potential role of electrostatic barriers in enabling tunable transport in 2D Dirac materials.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Graphene research and applications Topological Materials and Phenomena Quantum optics and atomic interactions

Publication details

Journal / source
Annalen der Physik
Publisher
Wiley
Volume
538
Issue
4
Publication date
1 April 2026
Language
EN