• 文献标题:   Nano-imaging photoresponse in a moire unit cell of minimally twisted bilayer graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HESP NCH, TORRE I, BARCONSRUIZ D, SHEINFUX HH, WATANABE K, TANIGUCHI T, KUMAR RK, KOPPENS FHL
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  • 出版物名称:   NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
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  • 被引频次:   23
  • DOI:   10.1038/s41467-021-21862-5
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

Graphene-based moire superlattices have recently emerged as a unique class of tuneable solid-state systems that exhibit significant optoelectronic activity. Local probing at length scales of the superlattice should provide deeper insight into the microscopic mechanisms of photoresponse and the exact role of the moire lattice. Here, we employ a nanoscale probe to study photoresponse within a single moire unit cell of minimally twisted bilayer graphene. Our measurements reveal a spatially rich photoresponse, whose sign and magnitude are governed by the fine structure of the moire lattice and its orientation with respect to measurement contacts. This results in a strong directional effect and a striking spatial dependence of the gate-voltage response within the moire domains. The spatial profile and carrier-density dependence of the measured photocurrent point towards a photo-thermoelectric induced response that is further corroborated by good agreement with numerical simulations. Our work shows sub-diffraction photocurrent spectroscopy is an exceptional tool for uncovering the optoelectronic properties of moire superlattices. Here, the authors use a nanoscale probe to study the photoresponse within a single moire unit cell of minimally twisted bilayer graphene, and observe an intricate photo-thermoelectric response attributed to the Seebeck coefficient variation at AB-BA domain boundaries.