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Using resonant 2-photon excitation of interlayer electrons in twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG), we resolve photoluminescence (PL) that tunes spectrally with stacking angle, {\theta}. This weak signal is 4- 5$\times$ larger than the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-01 Hiral Patel , Lujie Huang , Cheol-Joo Kim , Jiwoong Park , Matt W. Graham

Graphene Josephson junctions (JJ) provide a promising platform for ultra-broadband quantum sensing of light owing to graphene's frequency-independent absorption, vanishing electronic heat capacity, and weak electron-phonon coupling, which…

We propose and analyze the terahertz (THz) bolometric vector detectors based on the graphene-channel field-effect transistors (GC-FET) with the black-P gate barrier layer or with the composite b-BN/black-P/b-BN gate layer. The phase…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-10-17 V. Ryzhii , M. S. Shur , M. Ryzhii , V. Mitin , C. Tang , T. Otsuji

The rich physics of magic angle twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) results from the Coulomb interactions of electrons in flat bands of non-trivial topology. While the bands' dispersion is well characterized, accessing their topology remains an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-10 F. Mesple , P. Mallet , G. Trambly de Laissardière , C. Dutreix , G. Lapertot , J-Y. Veuillen , V. T. Renard

Plasmons, collective oscillations of electron systems, can efficiently couple light and electric current, and thus can be used to create sub-wavelength photodetectors, radiation mixers, and on-chip spectrometers. Despite considerable…

The electrical performance of a tunnel field-effect transistor depends critically on the band offset at their semiconductor heterojunction interface. Historically, it has been difficult to experimentally determine how the electronic bands…

Twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) represents a highly tunable, strongly correlated electron system owed to its unique flat electronic bands. However, understanding the single-particle band structure alone has been challenging due to complex…

ABC-stacked trilayer graphene (TLG) are predicted to exhibit novel many-body phenomena due to the existence of almost dispersionless flat-band structures near the charge neutrality point (CNP). Here, using high magnetic field scanning…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-04-17 Long-Jing Yin , Li-Juan Shi , Si-Yu Li , Yu Zhang , Zi-Han Guo , Lin He

By exploiting singular spatial modulations of the graphene conductivity, we design a broadband, tunable THz absorber whose efficiency approaches the theoretical upper bound for a wide absorption band with a fractional bandwidth of 185\%.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-25 Emanuele Galiffi , John Pendry , Paloma Arroyo Huidobro

Semiconductor nanowire field-effect transistors represent a promising platform for the development of room-temperature (RT) terahertz (THz) frequency light detectors due to the strong nonlinearity of their transfer characteristics and their…

We fabricated fully epitaxial Fe/ZnO/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) with low junction resistance-area products (several $\Omega$ $\mu$m$^2$) and conducted a theoretical estimation of square-low rectifying performance for a…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-01-17 Hidekazhi Saito , Hiroshi Imamura

We investigate electron tunneling in AB bilayer graphene through a triple electrostatic barrier of heights $U_i (i=2,3,4)$ subjected to a perpendicular magnetic field. By way of the transfer matrix method and using the continuity conditions…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-26 Mouhamadou Hassane Saley , Ahmed Jellal

Bilayer graphene (BLG) is semiconductor whose band gap and properties can be tuned by various methods such as doping or applying gate voltage. Here, we show how to tune electronic properties of BLG by intercalation of transition metal (TM)…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-03-14 Srimanta Pakhira , Kevin P. Lucht , Jose L. Mendoza-Cortes

Bilayer graphene (BLG) possesses a finite bandgap when a potential difference is introduced between the two graphene layers. The potential difference is known to be introduced by surface charge transfer. Thus, it is expected that a finite…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-12-04 Ryo Nouchi

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

Frequency-selective or even frequency-tunable Terahertz (THz) photodevices are critical components for many technological applications that require nanoscale manipulation, control and confinement of light. Within this context, gate-tunable…

In a semiconductor illuminated by a strong terahertz field, optically excited electron-hole pairs can recombine to emit light in a broad frequency comb evenly spaced by twice the terahertz frequency. Such high-order terahertz sideband…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-01-20 J. A. Crosse , Xiaodong Xu , Mark S. Sherwin , R. B. Liu

We report on low-temperature transport study of a single layer graphene (SLG)-twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) junction device. The SLG-tBLG junction in the device is grown by chemical vapor deposition and the device is fabricated in a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-17 Dingran Rui , Luzhao Sun , N. Kang , Jiayu Li , Li Lin , Hailin Peng , Zhongfan Liu , H. Q. Xu

Phononic engineering at gigahertz (GHz) frequencies form the foundation of microwave acoustic filters, acousto-optic modulators, and quantum transducers. Terahertz (THz) phononic engineering could lead to acoustic filters and modulators at…

Unlike in conventional semiconductors, both the chemical potential and the band gap in bilayer graphene (BLG) can be tuned via application of external electric field. Among numerous device implications, this property also designates BLG as…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-07-16 Dominik Suszalski , Grzegorz Rut , Adam Rycerz