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Gate tuneable beamsplitter in ballistic graphene

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2015-12-24 v2

Abstract

We present a beam splitter in a suspended, ballistic, multiterminal, bilayer graphene device. By using local bottomgates, a p-n interface tilted with respect to the current direction can be formed. We show that the p-n interface acts as a semi-transparent mirror in the bipolar regime and that the reflectance and transmittance of the p-n interface can be tuned by the gate voltages. Moreover, by studying the conductance features appearing in magnetic field, we demonstrate that the position of the p-n interface can be moved by 1μ1\,\mum. The herein presented beamsplitter device can form the basis of electron-optic interferometers in graphene.

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@article{arxiv.1511.03044,
  title  = {Gate tuneable beamsplitter in ballistic graphene},
  author = {Peter Rickhaus and Péter Makk and Ming-Hao Liu and Klaus Richter and Christian Schönenberger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.03044},
  year   = {2015}
}

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13 pages, 4 figures, including supplementary information

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