• 文献标题:   Ballistic miniband conduction in a graphene superlattice
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LEE M, WALLBANK JK, GALLAGHER P, WATANABE K, TANIGUCHI T, FAL KO VI, GOLDHABERGORDON D
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  • 出版物名称:   SCIENCE
  • ISSN:   0036-8075 EI 1095-9203
  • 通讯作者地址:   Stanford Univ
  • 被引频次:   48
  • DOI:   10.1126/science.aaf1095
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

Rational design of long-period artificial lattices yields effects unavailable in simple solids. The moire pattern in highly aligned graphene/hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) heterostructures is a lateral superlattice with high electron mobility and an unusual electronic dispersion whose miniband edges and saddle points can be reached by electrostatic gating. We investigated the dynamics of electrons in moire minibands by measuring ballistic transport between adjacent local contacts in a magnetic field, known as the transverse electron focusing effect. At low temperatures, we observed caustics of skipping orbits extending over hundreds of superlattice periods, reversals of the cyclotron revolution for successive minibands, and breakdown of cyclotron motion near van Hove singularities. At high temperatures, electron-electron collisions suppress focusing. Probing such miniband conduction properties is a necessity for engineering novel transport behaviors in superlattice devices.