• 文献标题:   Observing the Quantization of Zero Mass Carriers in Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MILLER DL, KUBISTA KD, RUTTER GM, RUAN M, DE HEER WA, FIRST PN, STROSCIO JA
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  • 出版物名称:   SCIENCE
  • ISSN:   0036-8075 EI 1095-9203
  • 通讯作者地址:   Georgia Inst Technol
  • 被引频次:   319
  • DOI:   10.1126/science.1171810
  • 出版年:   2009

▎ 摘  要

Application of a magnetic field to conductors causes the charge carriers to circulate in cyclotron orbits with quantized energies called Landau levels (LLs). These are equally spaced in normal metals and two-dimensional electron gases. In graphene, however, the charge carrier velocity is independent of their energy (like massless photons). Consequently, the LL energies are not equally spaced and include a characteristic zero-energy state (the n = 0 LL). With the use of scanning tunneling spectroscopy of graphene grown on silicon carbide, we directly observed the discrete, non-equally-spaced energy-level spectrum of LLs, including the hallmark zero-energy state of graphene. We also detected characteristic magneto-oscillations in the tunneling conductance and mapped the electrostatic potential of graphene by measuring spatial variations in the energy of the n = 0 LL.