• 文献标题:   Graphene ballistic nano-rectifier with very high responsivity
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   AUTON G, ZHANG JW, KUMAR RK, WANG HB, ZHANG XJ, WANG QP, HILL E, SONG AM
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  • 出版物名称:   NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
  • ISSN:   2041-1723
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Manchester
  • 被引频次:   23
  • DOI:   10.1038/ncomms11670
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

Although graphene has the longest mean free path of carriers of any known electronic material, very few novel devices have been reported to harness this extraordinary property. Here we demonstrate a ballistic nano-rectifier fabricated by creating an asymmetric cross-junction in single-layer graphene sandwiched between boron nitride flakes. A mobility similar to 200,000 cm(2)V(-1) s(-1) is achieved at room temperature, well beyond that required for ballistic transport. This enables a voltage responsivity as high as 23,000 mVmW(-1) with a low-frequency input signal. Taking advantage of the output channels being orthogonal to the input terminals, the noise is found to be not strongly influenced by the input. Hence, the corresponding noise-equivalent power is as low as 0.64pWHz(-1/2). Such performance is even comparable to superconducting bolometers, which however need to operate at cryogenic temperatures. Furthermore, output oscillations are observed at low temperatures, the period of which agrees with the lateral size quantization.