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Imaging ballistic carrier trajectories in graphene using scanning gate microscopy


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Authors

Morikawa, S 
Wang, SW 
Watanabe, K 

Abstract

We use scanning gate microscopy to map out the trajectories of ballistic carriers in high-mobility graphene encapsulated by hexagonal boron nitride and subject to a weak magnetic field. We employ a magnetic focusing geometry to image carriers that emerge ballistically from an injector, follow a cyclotron path due to the Lorentz force from an applied magnetic field, and land on an adjacent collector probe. The local electric field generated by the scanning tip in the vicinity of the carriers deflects their trajectories, modifying the proportion of carriers focused into the collector. By measuring the voltage at the collector while scanning the tip, we are able to obtain images with arcs that are consistent with the expected cyclotron motion. We also demonstrate that the tip can be used to redirect misaligned carriers back to the collector.

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Applied Physics Letters

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Journal ISSN

0003-6951
1077-3118

Volume Title

107

Publisher

AIP
Sponsorship
EPSRC (EP/L020963/1)
This work was partly supported by the EPSRC; a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas “Science of Atomic Layers” from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT); the Project for Developing Innovation Systems of MEXT; the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS); and the CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency.