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Edge-channel interferometer at the graphene quantum Hall pn junction

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2015-12-16 v1

Abstract

We demonstrate a quantum Hall edge-channel interferometer in a high-quality graphene pn junction under a high magnetic field. The co-propagating p and n quantum Hall edge channels traveling along the pn interface functions as a built-in Aharanov-Bohm-type interferometer, the interferences in which are sensitive to both the external magnetic field and the carrier concentration. The trajectories of peak and dip in the observed resistance oscillation are well reproduced by our numerical calculation that assumes magnetic flux quantization in the area enclosed by the co-propagating edge channels. Coherent nature of the co-propagating edge channels are confirmed by the checkerboard-like pattern in the dc-bias and magnetic-field dependences of the resistance oscillations.

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@article{arxiv.1503.08385,
  title  = {Edge-channel interferometer at the graphene quantum Hall pn junction},
  author = {Sei Morikawa and Satoru Masubuchi and Rai Moriya and Kenji Watanabe and Takashi Taniguchi and Tomoki Machida},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.08385},
  year   = {2015}
}

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16 pages, 4 figures, supplementary material: 3 pages, 2 figures

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