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Superconducting two-dimensional materials, and in particular few-layer graphene, offer an exciting platform for low-power electronics, yet the origin of their unconventional superconductivity remains an open question. Prevailing theories,…

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We demonstrate parametric coupling between two modes of a silicon nitride membrane. We achieve the coupling by applying an oscillating voltage to a sharp metal tip that approaches the membrane surface to within a few 100 nm. When the…

Electronic transport in nanodevices is commonly studied theoretically and numerically within the Landauer-B\"uttiker formalism: a device is characterized by its scattering properties to and from reservoirs connected by perfect semi-infinite…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-11 George Datseris , Ragnar Fleischmann

Performing computational tasks with wave-based devices is becoming a groundbreaking paradigm that can open new opportunities for the next generation of efficient analogue and digital computing systems. Decision-making processes for…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-10-16 Ross Glyn MacDonald , Alex Yakovlev , Victor Pacheco-Peña

Inelastic electron tunneling provides a low-energy pathway for the excitation of surface plasmons and light emission. We theoretically investigate tunnel junctions based on metals and graphene. We show that graphene is potentially a highly…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-08-28 Kelvin J. A. Ooi , Hong Son Chu , Chang Yu Hsieh , Dawn T. H. Tan , Lay Kee Ang

For many of the envisioned optoelectronic applications of graphene it is crucial to understand the sub-picosecond carrier dynamics immediately following photoexcitation, as well as the effect on the electrical conductivity - the…

Recent experiments shown that graphene epitaxially grown on Silicon Carbide (SiC) can exhibit a energy gap of 0.26 eV, making it a promising material for electronics. With an accurate model, we explore the design parameter space for a fully…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-07-02 Paolo Michetti , Martina Cheli , Giuseppe Iannaccone

This paper reviews the current status of graphene transistors as potential supplement to silicon CMOS technology. A short overview of graphene manufacturing and metrology methods is followed by an introduction of macroscopic graphene field…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-25 Max C. Lemme

A weakly coupled system of two crossed graphene nanoribbons exhibits direct tunneling due to the overlap of the wavefunctions of both ribbons. We apply the Bardeen transfer Hamiltonian formalism, using atomistic band structure calculations…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-02 Maarten L. Van de Put , William G. Vandenberghe , Bart Sorée , Wim Magnus , Massimo V. Fischetti

We show that a system of Josephson junctions coupled via low-resistance tunneling contacts to graphene substrate(s) may effectively operate as a current switching device. The effect is based on the dissipation-driven…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 Roman M. Lutchyn , Victor Galitski , Gil Refael , S. Das Sarma

Negative differential conductance and tunneling characteristics of two-terminal graphene devices are observed before and after electric breakdown, respectively. The former is caused by the strong scattering under a high E-field, and the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-03-25 Young Jun Shin , Gopinadhan Kalon , Jaesung Son , Jae Hyun Kwon , Jing Niu , Charanjit S. Bhatia , Gengchiau Liang , Hyunsoo Yang

Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) are promising components in future nanoelectronics due to the large mobility of graphene electrons and their tunable electronic band gap in combination with recent experimental developments of on-surface…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-03 Pedro Brandimarte , Mads Engelund , Nick Papior , Aran Garcia-Lekue , Thomas Frederiksen , Daniel Sánchez-Portal

We report an experimental study of Cooper pair splitting in an encapsulated graphene based multiterminal junction in the ballistic transport regime. Our device consists of two transverse junctions, namely the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-04-14 P. Pandey , R. Danneau , D. Beckmann

Controlling the energy spectrum of quantum-coherent superconducting circuits, i.e. the energies of excited states, the circuit anharmonicity and the states' charge dispersion, is essential for designing performant qubits. This control is…

Theoretical calculations, based on hybrid exchange density functional theory, are used to show that in graphene a periodic array of defects generates a ferromagnetic ground state at room temperature for unexpectedly large defect…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 L. Pisani , B. Montanari , N. M. Harrison

Ten years have passed since the beginning of graphene research. In this period we have witnessed breakthroughs both in fundamental and applied research. However, the development of graphene devices for mass production has not yet reached…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-02-19 N. C. S. Vieira , J. Borme , G. Machado , F. Cerqueira , P. P. Freitas , V. Zucolotto , N. M. R. Peres , P. Alpuim

Owing to its peculiar energy dispersion, the quantum capacitance property of graphene can be exploited in a two-dimensional layered capacitor configuration. Using graphene and boron nitride respectively as the electrodes and the insulating…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-05-19 Sina Khorasani , Akshay Koottandavida

A dual-gate graphene field-effect transistors is presented, which shows improved RF performance by reducing the access resistance using electrostatic doping. With a carrier mobility of 2700 cm2/Vs, a cutoff frequency of 50 GHz is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-12-21 Yu-Ming Lin , Hsin-Ying Chiu , Keith A. Jenkins , Damon B. Farmer , Phaedon Avouris , Alberto Valdes-Garcia

The combination of graphene with silicon in hybrid devices has attracted attention extensively over the last decade. Most of such devices were proposed for photonics and radiofrequency applications. In this work, we present a unique…

We propose that constructing a molecule super-lattice on a superconducting ultrathin film is a promising way to manipulate superconductivity in experiment. We theoretically study superconductivity in a molecule graphene system, which is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-12-02 Jin-Hua Gao , Yi Zhou , Fu-Chun Zhang