• 文献标题:   Microwave Photodetection in an Ultraclean Suspended Bilayer Graphene p-n Junction
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   JUNG M, RICKHAUS P, ZIHLMANN S, MAKK P, SCHONENBERGER C
  • 作者关键词:   bilayer graphene, photocurrent, photodetector, microwave, photothermoelectric effect, ballistic graphene
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Basel
  • 被引频次:   11
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b03078
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

We explore the potential of bilayer graphene as a cryogenic microwave photodetector by studying the microwave absorption in fully suspended clean bilayer graphene p-n junctions in the frequency range of 1-5 GHz at a temperature of 8 K. We observe a distinct photocurrent signal if the device is gated into the p-n regime, while there is almost no signal for unipolar doping in either the n-n or p-p regimes. Most surprisingly, the photocurrent strongly peaks when one side of the junction is gated to the Dirac point (charge-neutrality point CNP), while the other remains in a highly doped state. This is different to previous results where optical radiation was used. We propose a new mechanism based on the phototermal effect explaining the large signal. It requires contact doping and a distinctly different transport mechanism on both sides: one side of graphene is ballistic and the other diffusive. By engineering partially diffusive and partially ballistic devices, the photocurrent can drastically be enhanced.