• 文献标题:   Hyperbolic enhancement of photocurrent patterns in minimally twisted bilayer graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SUNKU SS, HALBERTAL D, STAUBER T, CHEN S, MCLEOD AS, RIKHTER A, BERKOWITZ ME, LO CFB, GONZALEZACEVEDO DE, HONE JC, DEAN CR, FOGLER MM, BASOV DN
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  • 出版物名称:   NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
  • ISSN:   2041-1723
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  • 被引频次:   23
  • DOI:   10.1038/s41467-021-21792-2
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

Quasi-periodic moire patterns and their effect on electronic properties of twisted bilayer graphene have been intensely studied. At small twist angle theta, due to atomic reconstruction, the moire superlattice morphs into a network of narrow domain walls separating micron-scale AB and BA stacking regions. We use scanning probe photocurrent imaging to resolve nanoscale variations of the Seebeck coefficient occurring at these domain walls. The observed features become enhanced in a range of mid-infrared frequencies where the hexagonal boron nitride substrate is optically hyperbolic. Our results illustrate the capabilities of the nano-photocurrent technique for probing nanoscale electronic inhomogeneities in two-dimensional materials. Here, the authors use scanning probe photocurrent imaging to resolve nanoscale variations of the Seebeck coefficient occurring at domain walls separating micron-scale AB and BA stacking regions in twisted bilayer graphene, and observe hyperbolic enhancement of the photocurrent pattern.