• 文献标题:   Quantum interference and Klein tunnelling in graphene heterojunctions
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YOUNG AF, KIM P
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  • 出版物名称:   NATURE PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   1745-2473 EI 1745-2481
  • 通讯作者地址:   Columbia Univ
  • 被引频次:   701
  • DOI:   10.1038/NPHYS1198
  • 出版年:   2009

▎ 摘  要

The observation of quantum conductance oscillations in mesoscopic systems has traditionally required the confinement of the carriers to a phase space of reduced dimensionality(1-4). Although electron optics such as lensing(5) and focusing(6) have been demonstrated experimentally, building a collimated electron interferometer in two unconfined dimensions has remained a challenge owing to the difficulty of creating electrostatic barriers that are sharp on the order of the electron wavelength(7). Here, we report the observation of conductance oscillations in extremely narrow graphene heterostructures where a resonant cavity is formed between two electrostatically created bipolar junctions. Analysis of the oscillations confirms that p-n junctions have a collimating effect on ballistically transmitted carriers(8). The phase shift observed in the conductance fringes at low magnetic fields is a signature of the perfect transmission of carriers normally incident on the junctions(9) and thus constitutes a direct experimental observation of 'Klein tunnelling'(10-12).