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Weak localization scattering lengths in epitaxial, and CVD graphene

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2013-05-13 v1

Abstract

Weak localization in graphene is studied as a function of carrier density in the range from 1 x 101110^{11}\,cm2^{-2} to 1.43 x 101310^{13}\,cm2^{-2} using devices produced by epitaxial growth onto SiC and CVD growth on thin metal film. The magnetic field dependent weak localization is found to be well fitted by theory, which is then used to analyse the dependence of the scattering lengths Lφ_\varphi, Li_i, and L_* on carrier density. We find no significant carrier dependence for Lφ_\varphi, a weak decrease for Li_i with increasing carrier density just beyond a large standard error, and a n14^{-\frac{1}{4}} dependence for L_*. We demonstrate that currents as low as 0.01\,nA are required in smaller devices to avoid hot-electron artefacts in measurements of the quantum corrections to conductivity.

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@article{arxiv.1305.2381,
  title  = {Weak localization scattering lengths in epitaxial, and CVD graphene},
  author = {A. M. R. Baker and J. A. Alexander-Webber and T. Altebaeumer and T. J. B. M. Janssen and A. Tzalenchuk and S. Lara-Avila and S. Kubatkin and R. Yakimova and C. -T. Lin and L. -J. Li and R. J. Nicholas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.2381},
  year   = {2013}
}