• 文献标题:   Unveiling the Magnetic Structure of Graphene Nanoribbons
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   RIBEIRO R, POUMIROL JM, CRESTI A, ESCOFFIER W, GOIRAN M, BROTO JM, ROCHE S, RAQUET B
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0031-9007 EI 1079-7114
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Toulouse
  • 被引频次:   32
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.086601
  • 出版年:   2011

▎ 摘  要

We perform magnetotransport measurements in lithographically patterned graphene nanoribbons down to a 70 nm width. The electronic spectrum fragments into an unusual Landau levels pattern, characteristic of Dirac fermion confinement. The two-terminal magnetoresistance reveals the onset of magnetoelectronic subbands, edge currents and quantized Hall conductance. We bring evidence that the magnetic confinement at the edges unveils the valley degeneracy lifting originating from the electronic confinement. Quantum simulations suggest some disorder threshold at the origin of mixing between chiral magnetic edge states and disappearance of quantum Hall effect.