Detecting Strain Effects due to Nanobubbles in Graphene Mach-Zehnder Interferometers

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Hauptverfasser: Myoung, Nojoon, Song, Taegeun, Park, Hee Chul
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author Myoung, Nojoon
Song, Taegeun
Park, Hee Chul
author_facet Myoung, Nojoon
Song, Taegeun
Park, Hee Chul
contents We investigate the effect of elastic strain on a Mach-Zehnder (MZ) interferometer created by graphene p-n junction in quantum Hall regime. We demonstrate that a Gaussian-shaped nanobubble causes detuning of the quantum Hall conductance oscillations across the p-n junction, due to the strain-induced local pseudo-magnetic fields. By performing a machine-learning-based Fourier analysis, we differentiate the nanobubble-induced Fourier component from the conductance oscillations originating from the external magnetic fields. We show that the detuning of the conductance oscillations is due to the altered pathway of quantum Hall interface channels caused by the strain-induced pseudo-magnetic fields. In the presence of the nanobubble, a new Fourier component for a magnetic flux $Φ_{0}/2$ appears, and the corresponding MZ interferometry indicates that the enclosed area is reduced by half due to the strain-mediated pathway between two quantum Hall interface channels. Our findings suggest the potential of using graphene as a strain sensor for developments in graphene-based device fabrications and measurements technologies.
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spellingShingle Detecting Strain Effects due to Nanobubbles in Graphene Mach-Zehnder Interferometers
Myoung, Nojoon
Song, Taegeun
Park, Hee Chul
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Physics
We investigate the effect of elastic strain on a Mach-Zehnder (MZ) interferometer created by graphene p-n junction in quantum Hall regime. We demonstrate that a Gaussian-shaped nanobubble causes detuning of the quantum Hall conductance oscillations across the p-n junction, due to the strain-induced local pseudo-magnetic fields. By performing a machine-learning-based Fourier analysis, we differentiate the nanobubble-induced Fourier component from the conductance oscillations originating from the external magnetic fields. We show that the detuning of the conductance oscillations is due to the altered pathway of quantum Hall interface channels caused by the strain-induced pseudo-magnetic fields. In the presence of the nanobubble, a new Fourier component for a magnetic flux $Φ_{0}/2$ appears, and the corresponding MZ interferometry indicates that the enclosed area is reduced by half due to the strain-mediated pathway between two quantum Hall interface channels. Our findings suggest the potential of using graphene as a strain sensor for developments in graphene-based device fabrications and measurements technologies.
title Detecting Strain Effects due to Nanobubbles in Graphene Mach-Zehnder Interferometers
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.11954