• 文献标题:   Specular Electron Focusing between Gate-Defined Quantum Point Contacts in Bilayer Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   INGLAAYNES J, MANESCO ALR, GHIASI TS, VOLOSHENIUK S, WATANABE K, TANIGUCHI T, VAN DER ZANT HSJ
  • 作者关键词:   ballistic transport, bilayer graphene, quantumpoint contact, trigonal warping
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00499 EA JUN 2023
  • 出版年:   2023

▎ 摘  要

We report multiterminal measurements in a ballisticbilayer graphene(BLG) channel, where multiple spin- and valley-degenerate quantumpoint contacts (QPCs) are defined by electrostatic gating. By patterningQPCs of different shapes along different crystallographic directions,we study the effect of size quantization and trigonal warping on transverse electron focusing (TEF). Our TEF spectra show eight clearpeaks with comparable amplitudes and weak signatures of quantum interferenceat the lowest temperature, indicating that reflections at the gate-definededges are specular, and transport is phase coherent. The temperaturedependence of the focusing signal shows that, despite the small gate-inducedbandgaps in our sample (less than or similar to 45 meV), several peaks are visibleup to 100 K. The achievement of specular reflection, which is expectedto preserve the pseudospin information of the electron jets, is promisingfor the realization of ballistic interconnects for new valleytronicdevices.