Visualization of Charge Transport Through Landau Levels in Graphene
Band bending and the associated spatially inhomogeneous population of Landau levels play a central role in the physics of the quantum Hall effect (QHE) by constraining the pathways for charge-carrier transport and scattering. Recent progress in understanding such effects in low-dimensional carrier gases in conventional semiconductors has been achieved by real-space mapping using local probes. Here, we use spatially resolved photocurrent measurements in the QHE regime to study the correlation between the distribution of Landau levels and the macroscopic transport characteristics in graphene. Spatial maps show that the net photocurrent is determined by hot carriers transported to the periphery of the graphene channel, where QHE edge states provide efficient pathways for their extraction to the contacts. The photocurrent is sensitive to the local filling factor, which allows us to reconstruct the local charge density in the entire conducting channel of a graphene device.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE - Office Of Science
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-98CH10886
- OSTI ID:
- 1000743
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-93712-2010-JA; ISSN 1745-2481; KC020401H; TRN: US201101%%532
- Journal Information:
- Nature Physics (Print), Vol. 6, Issue 11; ISSN 1745-2473
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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