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We study above-barrier scattering of Dirac electrons by a smooth electrostatic potential combined with a coordinate-dependent mass in graphene. We assume that the potential and mass are sufficiently smooth, so that we can define a small…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-29 K. J. A. Reijnders , D. S. Minenkov , M. I. Katsnelson , S. Yu. Dobrokhotov

We demonstrate a tunneling and rectification behavior in bilayer graphene. A stepped dielectric top gate creates a spatially modulated electric field, which opens the band gap in the graphene and produces an insulating region at the p-n…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-12-19 Hisao Miyazaki , Michael Lee , Song-Lin Li , Hidefumi Hiura , Kazuhito Tsukagoshi , Akinobu Kanda

The ability to manipulate optical fields and the energy flow of light is central to modern information and communication technologies, as well as quantum information processing schemes. However, as photons do not possess charge, controlling…

Most materials in available macroscopic quantities are polycrystalline. Graphene, a recently discovered two-dimensional form of carbon with strong potential for replacing silicon in future electronics, is no exception. There is growing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-09-28 Oleg V. Yazyev , Steven G. Louie

Graphene's optical properties in the infrared and terahertz can be tailored and enhanced by patterning graphene into periodic metamaterials with sub-wavelength feature sizes. Here we demonstrate polarization sensitive and gate tunable…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-06-05 Marcus Freitag , Tony Low , Wenjuan Zhu , Hugen Yan , Fengnian Xia , Phaedon Avouris

We propose the theory of transport in a gate-tunable graphene p-n junction, in which the gradient of the carrier density is controlled by the gate voltage. Depending on this gradient and on the density of charged impurities, the junction…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-02-21 M. M. Fogler , L. I. Glazman , D. S. Novikov , B. I. Shklovskii

It is by now well established that high-quality graphene enables a gate-tunable low-loss plasmonic platform for the efficient confinement, enhancement, and manipulation of optical fields spanning a broad range of frequencies, from the mid…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-30 Karina A. Guerrero-Becerra , Andrea Tomadin , Marco Polini

Harnessing the wave-nature of charge carriers in solid state devices, electron optics investigates and exploits coherent phenomena, in analogy with optics and photonics. Typically, this requires complex electronic devices leveraging…

Graphene is a promising candidate for optoelectronic applications. In this report, a double gated bilayer graphene FET has been made using a combination of electrostatic and electrolytic gating in order to form an abrupt p-n junction. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-06-15 Sameer Grover , Anupama Joshi , Ashwin Tulapurkar , Mandar M. Deshmukh

Nonreciprocal photonic devices enable "one-way" light flows and are essential building blocks of optical systems. Here, we investigate an alternative paradigm to break reciprocity and achieve unidirectional subwavelength light propagation…

Optics · Physics 2018-10-26 Tiago A. Morgado , Mário G. Silveirinha

Line waves are recently discovered wave entities that are localized along two directions, and therefore can be viewed as the one-dimensional counterpart of surface waves. These waves can be supported at discontinuities of the surface…

We investigate the electronic properties of ballistic planar Josephson junctions with multiple superconducting terminals. Our devices consist of monolayer graphene encapsulated in boron nitride with molybdenum-rhenium contacts. Resistance…

Electron-electron (e-e) collisions can impact transport in a variety of surprising and sometimes counterintuitive ways. Despite strong interest, experiments on the subject proved challenging because of the simultaneous presence of different…

Amongst the wide spectrum of potential applications of graphene, ranging from transistors and chemical-sensors to nanoelectromechanical devices and composites, the field of photonics and optoelectronics is believed to be one of the most…

We present an electrochemical route for the integration of graphene with light sensitive copper-based alloys used in optoelectronic applications. Graphene grown using chemical vapor deposition (CVD) transferred to glass is found to be a…

We show that interface bound states are formed at isolated graphene-superconductor junctions. These states arise due to the interplay of virtual Andreev and normal reflections taking place at these interfaces. Simple analytical expressions…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 P. Burset , W. Herrera , A. Levy Yeyati

In this paper we dwell over the study of the boundary layer problem in a hydrodynamical description of the electrons in gated graphene. It has been verified experimentally that this fluid can display non-Poiseuille like flow as reproduced…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-28 Pedro Cosme , João S. Santos , Hugo Terças

Scientists are always yearning for new and exciting ways to unlock graphene's true potential. However, recent reports suggest this two-dimensional material may harbor some unique properties, making it a viable candidate for use in…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-06-04 F. V. Kusmartsev , W. M. Wu , M. P. Pierpoint , K. C. Yung

Graphene is known to possess strong optical nonlinearity. Its nonlinear response can be further enhanced by graphene plasmons. Here, we report a novel nonlinear electro-absorption effect observed in nanostructured graphene due to excitation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-02-14 D. Kundys , B. Van Duppen , O. P. Marshall , F. Rodriguez , I. Torre , A. Tomadin , M. Polini , A. N. Grigorenko

We investigate the electronic transport in graphene nanoelectromechanical resonators (GrNEMS), known also as graphene nanodrums or nanomembranes. We demonstrate that these devices, despite small values of out-of-plane strain, between $0.1$…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-08-08 Walter Ortiz , Nikodem Szpak , Thomas Stegmann