Designing new structures in epitaxial graphene on SiC: transport and quantum effects

Published

May 13, 2019

Author(s)

Randolph E. Elmquist, Hanbyul Jin, Mattias Kruskopf, Martina Marzano, Dinesh K. Patel, Alireza R. Panna, Albert F. Rigosi

Abstract

When epitaxial graphene (EG) grows on hexagonal SiC(0001), chemical doping is produced by bonds at the epitaxial interface, or buffer layer. Robust quantum Hall effect (QHE) plateaus are observed at RK/2 = h/2e2, where RK is a constant of electrical resistance honoring Nobel Prize physicist Klaus von Klitzing. This strong quantum effect allows EG devices to serve as fundamental electrical standards, representing a direct basis for electronics calibrations from constants of nature. At the US national metrology institute, or NIST, we are developing improved QHE standards for industrial and scientific measurements, as well as investigating device physics and quantum effects observed in EG for many length and size scales. QHE standards are fabricated at NIST with values other than RK/2 using superconducting NbTiN traces in combination with contact geometries. Our objective is to create large, scalable resistance networks based on multiple Hall bar elements, and to eliminate accumulated internal resistances due to contacts and resistive metallic interconnections. While normally measured at four terminals for high precision, here the precise resistance can be measured at two connection points because superconductivity eliminates spreading resistance and the QHE itself selects preferred current terminals depending on the B-field orientation. The finished devices are functionalized with chromium tricarbonyl [Cr(CO)3], which provides tunable and uniform doping without the need for large-scale electrostatic gates.

Proceedings Title

Energy Materials Nanotechnology Rome Meeting on Carbon Nanostructures

Conference Dates

May 13-17, 2019

Conference Location

Rome

Conference Title

Carbon Nanostructures

Pub Type

Conferences

Keywords

epitaxial graphene, quantum Hall effect, superconductivity, electronic calibration

Citation

Elmquist, R. , Jin, H. , Kruskopf, M. , Marzano, M. , Patel, D. , Panna, A. and Rigosi, A. (2019), Designing new structures in epitaxial graphene on SiC: transport and quantum effects, Energy Materials Nanotechnology Rome Meeting on Carbon Nanostructures, Rome, -1 (Accessed April 29, 2024)