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The ballistic motion of electrons in graphene encapsulated in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) promises exciting opportunities for electron-optics devices. A narrow electron beam is desired, with both the mean free path and coherence length…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-10-30 Sagar Bhandari , Gil-Ho Lee , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Philip Kim , Robert M Westervelt

A massive quantum particle on a two-dimensional curved surface experiences a surface-geometry induced attractive potential that is characterized by the radii of curvature at a given point. With bilayer graphene sheets and carbon…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-07 Yogesh N. Joglekar , Avadh Saxena

Thanks to their highly tunable band gaps, graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) with atomically precise edges are emerging as mechanically and chemically robust candidates for nanoscale light emitting devices of modulable emission color. While their…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-03-01 Michael C. Chong , Nasima Afshar-Imani , Fabrice Scheurer , Claudia Cardoso , Andrea Ferretti , Deborah Prezzi , Guillaume Schull

Here we report a facile method to generate a high density of point defects in graphene on metal foil and show how the point defects affect the electronic structures of graphene layers. Our scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) measurements,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-10-08 Hui Yan , Cheng-Cheng Liu , Ke-Ke Bai , Xuejiao Wang , Mengxi Liu , Wei Yan , Lan Meng , Yanfeng Zhang , Zhongfan Liu , Jia-Cai Nie , Yugui Yao , Lin He

We study quasi-particle transmission through an $n $-$p$ junction in a graphene irradiated by an electromagnetic field (EF). In the absence of EF the electronic spectrum of undoped graphene is gapless, and one may expect the perfect…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. V. Fistul , K. B. Efetov

We investigate the optoelectronic response of a graphene interface junction, formed with bilayer and single-layer graphene, by photocurrent (PC) microscopy. We measure the polarity and amplitude of the PC while varying the Fermi level by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Xiaodong Xu , Nathaniel M. Gabor , Jonathan S. Alden , Arend van der Zande , Paul L. McEuen

Metal intercalation in epitaxial graphene enables the emergence of proximity-induced superconductivity and modified quantum transport properties. However, systematic transport studies of intercalated graphene have been hindered by…

Graphene oxide (GO) flakes have been deposited to bridge the gap between two epitaxial graphene electrodes to produce all-graphene devices. Electrical measurements indicate the presence of Schottky barriers (SB) at the graphene/graphene…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-07-07 Xiaosong Wu , Mike Sprinkle , Xuebin Li , Fan Ming , Claire Berger , Walt A. de Heer

We have realized a Dirac fermion reflector in graphene by controlling the ballistic carrier trajectory in a sawtooth-shaped npn junction. When the carrier density in the inner p-region is much larger than that in the outer n-regions, the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-05 Sei Morikawa , Quentin Wilmart , Satoru Masubuchi , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Bernard Plaçais , Tomoki Machida

Direct, tunable coupling between individually assembled graphene layers is a next step towards designer two-dimensional (2D) crystal systems, with relevance for fundamental studies and technological applications. Here we describe the…

Graphene holds promises for exploring exotic superconductivity with Dirac-like fermions. Making graphene a superconductor at large scales is however a long-lasting challenge. A possible solution relies on epitaxially-grown graphene, using a…

We report experimentally and theoretically the behavior of freestanding graphene subject to bombardment of energetic ions, investigating the ability of large-scale patterning of freestanding graphene with nanometer sized features by focused…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-05-04 Jakob Buchheim , Roman M. Wyss , Ivan Shorubalko , Hyung Gyu Park

For electron optics in graphene, the propagation effect has so far been the only physical mechanism available. The resulting electron-optics-based components are large in size and operate at low temperatures to avoid violating the ballistic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-04-12 Ruihuang Zhao , Pengcheng Wan , Ling Zhou , Di Huang , Haiqin Guo , Hao Xia , Junjie Du

The unique optical properties of graphene, with broadband absorption and ultrafast response, make it a critical component of optoelectronic and spintronic devices. Using time-resolved momentum microscopy with high data rate and high dynamic…

Work function-mediated charge transfer in graphene/$\alpha$-RuCl$_3$ heterostructures has been proposed as a strategy for generating highly-doped 2D interfaces. In this geometry, graphene should become sufficiently doped to host surface and…

We fabricate a graphene p-n-p heterojunction and exploit the coherence of weakly-confined Dirac quasiparticles to resolve the underlying scattering potential using low temperature scanning gate microscopy. The tip-induced perturbation to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-09-16 E. D. Herbschleb , R. K. Puddy , P. Marconcini , J. P. Griffiths , G. A. C. Jones , M. Macucci , C. G. Smith , M. R. Connolly

The intercalation of an oxide barrier between graphene and its metallic substrate for chem- ical vapor deposition is a contamination-free alternative to the transfer of graphene to dielectric supports, usually needed for the realization of…

Double-gated graphene devices provide an important platform for understanding electrical and optical properties of graphene. Here we present transport measurements of single layer, bilayer and trilayer graphene devices with suspended top…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 J. Velasco , Y. Lee , L. Jing , G. Liu , W. Bao , C. N. Lau

Gapless spectrum of graphene allows easy spatial separation of electrons and holes with an external in-plane electric field. Guided collective plasmon modes can propagate along the separation line, whose amplitude decays with the distance…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-05-23 N. M. Hassan , V. V. Mkhitaryan , E. G. Mishchenko

The combination of plasmonic nanoparticles and graphene enhances the responsivity and spectral selectivity of graphene-based photodetectors. However, the small area of the metal-graphene junction, where the induced electron-hole pairs…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-02 T. J. Echtermeyer , S. Milana , U. Sassi , A. Eiden , M. Wu , E. Lidorikis , A. C. Ferrari