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Twist-controlled Resonant Tunnelling between Monolayer and Bilayer Graphene

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2015-12-10 v1

Abstract

We investigate the current-voltage characteristics of a field-effect tunnelling transistor comprised of both monolayer and bilayer graphene with well-aligned crystallographic axes, separated by three layers of hexagonal boron nitride. Using a self-consistent description of the device's electrostatic configuration we relate the current to three distinct tunable voltages across the system and hence produce a two-dimensional map of the I-V characteristics in the low energy regime. We show that the use of gates either side of the heterostructure offers a fine degree of control over the device's rich array of characteristics, as does varying the twist between the graphene electrodes.

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@article{arxiv.1512.03028,
  title  = {Twist-controlled Resonant Tunnelling between Monolayer and Bilayer Graphene},
  author = {Thomas L M Lane and John R Wallbank and Vladimir I Fal'ko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.03028},
  year   = {2015}
}

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5 pages including references and 3 figures