# Electron optics in phosphorene pn junctions: Negative reflection and anti super-Klein tunneling

## TL;DR

This paper explores unique electron optics phenomena in phosphorene pn junctions, revealing negative reflection, anti-super Klein tunneling, and anisotropic transport properties that could be useful for nano-device applications.

## Contribution

The study derives novel electron optics laws for phosphorene pn junctions considering anisotropy, and confirms these with numerical simulations, highlighting unusual reflection behaviors and potential device uses.

## Key findings

- Negative and anomalous reflection observed in tilted junctions
- Omni-directional total reflection (anti-super Klein tunneling) along armchair edges
- Good agreement between analytical and numerical transport models

## Abstract

Ballistic electrons in phosphorene $pn$ junctions show optical-like phenomena. Phosphorene is modeled by a tight-binding Hamiltonian that describes its electronic structure at low energies, where the electrons behave in the zigzag direction as massive Dirac fermions and in the orthogonal armchair direction as Schr\"odinger electrons. Applying the continuum approximation, we derive the electron optics laws in phosphorene $pn$ junctions, which show very particular and unusual properties. Due to the anisotropy of the electronic structure, these laws depend strongly on the orientation of the junction with respect to the sublattice. Negative and anomalous reflection are observed for tilted junctions, while the typical specular reflection is found only, if the junction is parallel to the zigzag or armchair edges. Moreover, omni-directional total reflection, called anti-super Klein tunneling, is observed if the junction is parallel to the armchair edge. Applying the nonequilibrium Green's function method on the tight-binding model, we calculate numerically the current flow. The good agreement of both approaches confirms the atypical transport properties, which can be used in nano-devices to collimate and filter the electron flow, or to switch its direction.