• 文献标题:   Dirac fermion heating, current scaling, and direct insulator-quantum Hall transition in multilayer epitaxial graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LIU FH, HSU CS, CHUANG CS, WOO TP, HUANG LI, LO ST, FUKUYAMA Y, YANG YF, ELMQUIST RE, LIANG CT
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, magnetoresistivity measurement, direct insulatorquantum hall transition
  • 出版物名称:   NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1931-7573 EI 1556-276X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Natl Taiwan Univ
  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1186/1556-276X-8-360
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

We have performed magnetotransport measurements on multilayer epitaxial graphene. By increasing the driving current I through our graphene devices while keeping the bath temperature fixed, we are able to study Dirac fermion heating and current scaling in such devices. Using zero-field resistivity as a self thermometer, we are able to determine the effective Dirac fermion temperature (T (DF)) at various driving currents. At zero field, it is found that T (DF) ae I (a parts per thousand 1/2). Such results are consistent with electron heating in conventional two-dimensional systems in the plateau-plateau transition regime. With increasing magnetic field B, we observe an I-independent point in the measured longitudinal resistivity rho (xx) which is equivalent to the direct insulator-quantum Hall (I-QH) transition characterized by a temperature-independent point in rho (xx). Together with recent experimental evidence for direct I-QH transition, our new data suggest that such a transition is a universal effect in graphene, albeit further studies are required to obtain a thorough understanding of such an effect.