Quantum transmission through the n-p-n heterojunction of massive 8-Pmmn borophene
Abstract We investigate the quantum transmission through the n-p-n heterojunction of massive 8-Pmmn borophene. It is found that the Dirac mass of the electron interacts with the anisotropy of the 8-Pmmn borophene, leading to the occurrence of new transmission behaviors in this n-p-n heterojunction. Firstly, the effective energy range of nonzero transmission can be reduced but deviates from the mass amplitude, which induces the further controllability of the transmission property. Secondly, even if the equal-energy surfaces in the p and n parts do not encounter in the k-space, finite transmission is allowed to occur as well. In addition, the existence of Dirac mass can change the reflection manner from the retroreflection to the specular reflection under appropriate conditions.