• 文献标题:   Resonant Light Emission from Graphene/Hexagonal Boron Nitride/Graphene Tunnel Junctions
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KUZMINA A, PARZEFALL M, BACK P, TANIGUCHI T, WATANABE K, JAIN A, NOVOTNY L
  • 作者关键词:   graphene tunneling device, fieldeffect tunneling transistor, inelastic electron tunneling, photonassisted tunneling
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
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  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02913 EA OCT 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

Single-layer graphene has many remarkable properties but does not lend itself as a material for light-emitting devices as a result of its lack of a band gap. This limitation can be overcome by a controlled stacking of graphene layers. Exploiting the unique Dirac cone band structure of graphene, we demonstrate twist-controlled resonant light emission from graphene/hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN)/graphene tunnel junctions. We observe light emission irrespective of the crystallographic alignment between the graphene electrodes. Nearly aligned devices exhibit pronounced resonant features in both optical and electrical characteristics that vanish rapidly for twist angles theta greater than or similar to 3 degrees. These experimental findings can be well-explained by a theoretical model in which the spectral photon emission peak is attributed to photon-assisted momentum conserving electron tunneling. The resonant peak in our aligned devices can be spectrally tuned within the near-infrared range by over 0.2 eV, making graphene/h-BN/graphene tunnel junctions potential candidates for on-chip optoelectronics.