Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2008-08-06
Nature Physics 5, 222 - 226 (2009)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
13 pages and 6 figures including supplementary information. The paper has been modified in light of new theoretical results av
Scientific paper
10.1038/nphys1198
The observation of quantum conductance oscillations in mesoscopic systems has traditionally required the confinement of the carriers to a phase space of reduced dimensionality. While electron optics such as lensing and focusing have been demonstrated experimentally, building a collimated electron interferometer in two unconfined dimensions has remained a challenge due to the difficulty of creating electrostatic barriers that are sharp on the order of the electron wavelength. Here, we report the observation of conductance oscillations in extremely narrow graphene heterostructures where a resonant cavity is formed between two electrostatically created bipolar junctions. Analysis of the oscillations confirms that p-n junctions have a collimating effect on ballistically transmitted carriers. The phase shift observed in the conductance fringes at low magnetic fields is a signature of the perfect transmission of carriers normally incident on the junctions and thus constitutes a direct experimental observation of ``Klein Tunneling.''
Kim Philip
Young Andrea F.
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