Imaging snake orbits at graphene np junctions

K. Kolasiński, A. Mreńca-Kolasińska, and B. Szafran
Phys. Rev. B 95, 045304 – Published 9 January 2017

Abstract

We consider conductance mapping of the snake orbits confined along the np junction defined in graphene by the electrostatic doping in the quantum Hall regime. We explain the periodicity of conductance oscillations at the magnetic field and the Fermi energy scales by the properties of the np junction as a conducting channel. We evaluate the conductance maps for a floating gate scanning the surface of the device. In the quantum Hall conditions the currents flow near the edges of the sample and along the np junction. The conductance mapping resolves only the np junction and not the edges. The conductance oscillations along the junction are found in the maps with periodicity related to the cyclotron orbits of the scattering current. Stronger probe potentials provide support to localized resonances at one of the sides of the junction with current loops that interfere with the np junction currents. The interference results in a series of narrow lines parallel to the junction with positions that strongly depend on the magnetic field through the Aharonov-Bohm effect. The consequences of a limited transparency of finite-width np junctions are also discussed.

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  • Received 23 October 2016
  • Revised 14 December 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.045304

©2017 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

  1. Research Areas
  1. Physical Systems
Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

K. Kolasiński, A. Mreńca-Kolasińska, and B. Szafran

  • AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

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Vol. 95, Iss. 4 — 15 January 2017

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