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The unique optoelectronic properties of graphene [1] make it an ideal platform for a variety of photonic applications [2], including fast photodetectors [3], transparent electrodes [4], optical modulators [5], and ultra-fast lasers [6].…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-10-02 L. Vicarelli , M. S. Vitiello , D. Coquillat , A. Lombardo , A. C. Ferrari , W. Knap , M. Polini , V. Pellegrini , A. Tredicucci

In the emergent field of quantum technology, the ability to manage heat at the nanoscale and in cryogenic conditions is crucial for enhancing device performance in terms of noise, coherence, and sensitivity. Here, we demonstrate the active…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-16 Federico Paolucci , Federica Bianco , Francesco Giazotto , Stefano Roddaro

We propose the concept of a terahertz (THz) uncooled bolometer based on n-type and p-type graphene layers (GLs), constituting the absorbing regions, connected by an array of undoped graphene nanoribbons (GNRs). The GLs absorb the THz…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 V. Ryzhii , T. Otsuji , M. Ryzhii , N. Ryabova , S. O. Yurchenko , V. Mitin , M. S. Shur

Electronic cooling in hybrid normal metal-insulator-superconductor junctions is a promising technology for the manipulation of thermal loads in solid state nanosystems. One of the main bottlenecks for efficient electronic cooling is the…

Light incident upon materials can induce changes in their electrical conductivity, a phenomenon referred to as photoresistance. In semiconductors, the photoresistance is negative, as light-induced promotion of electrons across the band gap…

The thermoelectric response of high mobility single layer epitaxial graphene on silicon carbide substrates as a function of temperature and magnetic field have been investigated. For the temperature dependence of the thermopower, a strong…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Xiaosong Wu , Yike Hu , Ming Ruan , Nerasoa K. Madiomanana , Claire Berger , Walt A. de Heer

Quantized magnetotransport is observed in 5.6 x 5.6 mm^2 epitaxial graphene devices, grown using highly constrained sublimation on the Si-face of SiC(0001) at high temperature (1900 {\deg}C). The precise quantized Hall resistance of Rxy =…

High-performance graphene field-effect transistors have been fabricated on epitaxial graphene synthesized on a two-inch SiC wafer, achieving a cutoff frequency of 100 GHz for a gate length of 240 nm. The high-frequency performance of these…

We demonstrate quantum Hall resistance measurements with metrological accuracy in a small cryogen-free system operating at a temperature of around 3.8K and magnetic fields below 5T. Operating this system requires little experimental…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-08-27 T. J. B. M. Janssen , S. Rozhko , I. Antonov , A. Tzalenchuk , J. M. Williams , Z. Melhem , H. He , S. Lara-Avila , S. Kubatkin , R. Yakimova

We report high-precision resistance measurements on quantum Hall resistance devices fabricated from uniform epitaxial graphene grown by propane-hydrogen chemical vapor deposition on a two-inch silicon carbide substrate. Through molecular…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-27 François Couëdo , Chiara Mastropasqua , Aurélien Theret , Dominique Mailly , Adrien Michon , Mathieu Taupin

We have investigated the energy loss of hot electrons in metallic graphene by means of GHz noise thermometry at liquid helium temperature. We observe the electronic temperature T / V at low bias in agreement with the heat diffusion to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-08-14 A. C. Betz , F. Vialla , D. Brunel , C. Voisin , M. Picher , A. Cavanna , A. Madouri , G. Fève , J. -M. Berroir , B. Plaçais , E. Pallecchi

Molecular adsorption is pivotal in device fabrication and material synthesis for quantum technology. However, elucidating the behavior of physisorption poses technical challenges. Here graphene with ultrahigh sensitivity was utilized to…

Graphene, owing to its zero bandgap electronic structure, is promising as an absorption material for ultra-wideband photodetection applications. However, graphene-absorption based detectors inherently suffer from poor responsivity due to…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-08-20 Krishna Murali , Nithin Abraham , Sarthak Das , Sangeeth Kallatt , Kausik Majumdar

We fabricate graphene-TiOx-Al tunnel junctions and characterize their radio frequency response. Below the superconducting critical temperature of Al and when biased within the superconducting gap, the devices show enhanced dynamic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Heli Vora , Piranavan Kumaravadivel , Bent Nielsen , Xu Du

We report the first observation of the quantum Hall effect in epitaxial graphene. The result described in the submitted manuscript fills the yawning gap in the understanding of the electronic properties of this truly remarkable material and…

Graphene electronics has motivated much of graphene science for the past decade. A primary goal was to develop high mobility semiconducting graphene with a band gap that is large enough for high performance applications. Graphene ribbons…

The photovoltaic and bolometric photoresponse in gapped bilayer graphene was investigated by optical and transport measurements. A pulse coincidence technique at 1.5 um was used to measure the response times as a function of temperature.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 M. -H. Kim , J. Yan , R. J. Suess , T. E. Murphy , M. S. Fuhrer , H. D. Drew

Graphene is ideally suited for photonic and optoelectronic applications, with a variety of photodetectors (PDs) in the visible, near-infrared (NIR), and THz reported to date, as well as thermal detectors in the mid-infrared (MIR). Here, we…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-07-10 U. Sassi , R. Parret , S. Nanot , M. Bruna , S. Borini , S. Milana , D. De Fazio , Z. Zhuang , E. Lidorikis , F. H. L. Koppens , A. C. Ferrari , A. Colli

The electronic properties of graphene are unique and are attracting increased attention to this novel 2-dimensional system. Its photonic properties are not less impressive. For example, this single atomic layer absorbs through direct…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-12-25 Fengnian Xia , Thomas Mueller , Yu-ming Lin , Alberto Valdes-Garcia , Phaedon Avouris

Epitaxial graphene films were formed on the Si-face of semi-insulating 4H-SiC substrates by a high temperature sublimation process. A high-k gate stack on epitaxial graphene is realized by inserting a fully oxidized nanometer thin aluminum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 T. Shen , J. J. Gu , M. Xu , Y. Q. Wu , M. L. Bolen , M. A. Capano , L. W. Engel , P. D. Ye