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Experimental Methods in Transport Physics Prof. Carlo Requio da Cunha, Ph.D. unit: Coherent Transport Coherent Transport P. Drude (1900): N = 1 t 1 N t 2 t i t N i d p P dt = F l mfp A. Sommerfeld


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Experimental Methods in Transport Physics

  • Prof. Carlo Requião da Cunha, Ph.D.

unit: Coherent Transport

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Coherent Transport

  • P. Drude (1900):

⟨ τ⟩= 1 N ∑

i N

ti

t1 t2 tN

d⟨ ⃗ p⟩ dt =⃗ F− ⃗ P τ

  • A. Sommerfeld (1927):

| ⃗ v| =√ 2 EF m

1 E/EF f

f (E)= 1 e

−E−μ F k BT +1

lmfp=v ⟨ τ⟩

lmfp

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Cu: 2.7 x 10-14 s, 1.57 x 108 cm/s → ~42 nm Al: 0.8 x 10-14 s, 2.03 x 108 cm/s → ~16 nm τ vF lmfp Good 2DEG: 1 x 10-10 s, 3 x 107 cm/s → ~30 um Si: 1.1 x 10-12 s, 1.1 x 107 cm/s → ~120 nm Phase relaxation elastic inelastic eiΦ eiΦ eiξ Good 2DEG: ~200 nm Si: ~40 nm L < Lφ

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Schrödinger

H| ϕ ⟩=ε| ϕ ⟩

GaAs GaAs AlGaAs EC Ev

H=−ℏ

2∇ 2

2m →− ℏ

2

2m d

2

dx

2

Finite differences

df (x) dx ≈ f [n+ 1/2]−f [n−1/2] Δx d

2f (x)

dx

2

≈f [n+ 1]−2f [n]+f [n−1] Δx

2

H≈− ℏ

2

2qm Δx

2 f [n+1]−2f [n]+f [n−1]

t

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| ϕ (x)|

2 x

clear; N = 50; hbar = 6.62606957E-34; % [J.s] m = 9.10938215E-31; % [kg] delta = 1E-9; % [m] q = 1.602176565E-19; % [C] t = -hbar^2/(2*q*m*delta^2); H = -2*t*eye(N) + diag(ones(N-1,1),1) + diag(ones(N- 1,1),-1); [ve va] = eig(H); va = diag(va); E1 = va(1); E2 = va(2); E3 = va(3); p1 = abs(ve(:,1)).^2; p2 = abs(ve(:,2)).^2; p3 = abs(ve(:,3)).^2; x = linspace((-N/2),(N/2),N); plot(x,E1+p1,'r',x,E2+p2,'g',x,E3+p3,'b');

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Magnetic Field

GaAs AlGaAs GaAs

H=(i ℏ ∇+ q ⃗ A)

2

2m + U (z) B ^ z

⃗ B=∇×⃗ A

⃗ B ^ z=| ^ x ^ y ^ z ∂ ∂ x ∂ ∂ y ∂ ∂ z Ax A y A z| ^ x ^ y ∂ ∂ x ∂ ∂ y Ax A y| =( ∂ Az ∂ y −∂ A y ∂ z ) ⃗ B ^ z=( ∂ Az ∂ y −∂ A y ∂ z ) ^ x+( ∂ Ax ∂ z −∂ Az ∂ x ) ^ y+( ∂ A y ∂ x −∂ Ax ∂ y ) ^ z

⃗ A=−By ^ x

H= 1 2m[(i ℏ ∂ ∂ x −qBy) ^ x+(i ℏ ∂ ∂ y) ^ y+(i ℏ ∂ ∂ z) ^ z]

2

+ U (z)

^ y ^ x ^ z

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H=[H yz+ U( z)]+ 1 2m (i ℏ ∂ ∂x −qBy)

2

H= 1 2m[(i ℏ ∂ ∂ x −qBy) ^ x+(i ℏ ∂ ∂ y) ^ y+(i ℏ ∂ ∂z) ^ z]

2

+ U (z)

GaAs GaAs

B ^ z

^ y ^ x ^ z

ϕ(⃗ r )=ϕ0 χyz e

ik xx

[H yz+

U (z)]χ yz+ 1 2m (ℏ kx+q B y)

2χ yz=εχ yz

[H yz+

U (z)]χ yz+m 2 ( q B m )

2

(

ℏk x q B +y)

2

χ yz=εχ yz

[H yz+

U (z)]χ yz+1 2 mωc

2( yk+y ) 2χ yz=εχ yz

ωc=qB m

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[H yz+

U (z)]χ yz+1 2 mωc

2( yk+y ) 2χ yz=εχ yz

[H y

0+1

2 mωc

2( y k+y) 2]ψ( y)=ε y ψ( y)

χ yz=ψ( y)θ(z)

[H z

0+U(z)]θ( z)=εzθ(z)

εyz=ε y+εz B ^ z

^ y ^ x ^ z

This was already solved! EC Ev EF Let us suppose EF such that there is only

  • ne subband occupied.

E1

E2 E3

yk=ℏ kx q B

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[H y

0+1

2 mωc

2( y k+y) 2]ψ( y)=ε y ψ( y)

Parabolic confinement!

εy=(n+ 1/2)ℏωc εz=ε1 ε=ε1+ (n+1/2) ℏωc

Independent of kx! kx E No group velocity!

1 ℏ ∂E ∂k x =0

Circular orbits!

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yk=ℏ kx q B Δ yk= ℏΔkx q B e

ikx (x+L)=e ikx x

Born von-Karman

e

ikx L=1

k x=v⋅2 π L

2π L

Δ yk= ℏ2π q LB B ^ z

^ y ^ x ^ z

W L Total number

  • f levels:

N= W Δ yk =2 W q L B ℏ2 π

spin

n=q B ℏ π

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Shubnikov – de Haas

^ y ^ x ^ z

B = 2 T B ns = 5 x 1011 cm-2

n=q B ℏ π nLandau= ns q B ℏ π =5.2

E kx EF

ns q Bi ℏ π − ns qBi+

1

ℏ π =1

(

ns 2q h )( 1 Bi − 1 Bi+s)=s 1 B

1 2 3

  • L. Shubnikov and W. de Haas, Leiden Comm. 207a (1930) 3.
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Real Data

index B 1/B 6 2.44 0.41 5 3 0.33 4 3.71 0.27 3 4.12 0.24 2 4.78 0.21 1 5.16 0.19 1 2 3 4 5 1/B i

(

ns 2q h )( 1 Bi − 1 Bi+s)=s

ns = 1.06 x 1012 cm-2

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Multiple Subbands

EC Ev EF

E1

E2 E3

  • N. Aoki, C. R. da Cunha, R. Akis, D. K. Ferry and Y. Ochiai,
  • J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 26 (2014) 193202.

n-In0.53Al0.47As (5 nm - cap) n-In0.53Al0.47As (30 nm - doping) i-In0.53Al0.47As (10 nm - spacer) i-In0.53Ga0.47As (25 nm - QW) i-In0.53Al0.47As (10 nm - spacer) InP Substrate

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  • T. Ando, A. Fowler and F. Stern, Rev. Mod. Phys. 54 (1982) 437.

ωc=qB m

*

X (T)=2 π

2k BT

ℏ ωc Δρxx(T ,ωc) ρ0 =D(T ,ωc)⋅M(ωc)⋅cos( 2π EF ℏ ωc⋅gs⋅gv)

M (ωc)=e

− π ωcτ Mobility Factor

D(T ,ωc)=X(T)⋅csch(X [T ])

T h e r m a l D a m p i n g Spin & Valley Degeneracies

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Effective Mass

Δρxx(T ,ωc) ρ0 =2π

2k BT

ℏωc ⋅csch( 2 π

2k BT

ℏ ωc )⋅M (ωc)⋅C(ωc)

ωc=qB m

*

1 K 0.5 K 0.3 K 0.1 K

≈1 Δρxx ρ0T ≈C⋅e

−2π

2kBT

ℏ ωc

log( Δρxx ρ0T )≈C−2 π

2k B

ℏωc T log( Δρxx ρ0T )≈C−2 π

2k Bm *

ℏ q

(

1 B)T

(

1 B)

(

1 B)

(

1 B)

(

1 B)

  • P. T. Coleridge, M. Hayne, P. Zawadzki and A. S. Sachrajda, Surf. Sci. 361/362 (1996) 560.
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log( Δρxx ρ0T )≈C−2 π

2k Bm *

ℏ q

(

1 B)T slope=−2 π

2kB m *

ℏ q

(

1 B) m

*=−

ℏq 2 π

2k Bm0(1/ B)

slope

mef (calc.) = 1.07, mef (exact) = 1.00

T = [1 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.05]; A = [0.0053 0.1375 0.41 0.81 0.88]; lA = log(A./T); S = cov(T,lA)/var(T); m_eff = -S*hbar*q/(2*pi^2*0.53*mass*kB) semilogy(T,A./T,'*'); grid on; xlabel('Temperature [K]'); ylabel('Ln A/T');

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Electron Density: 2DEG

2π L

kF

N =2 π k F

2

(

2π L )

2

spin

n= k F

2

2π εF= ℏ2k F

2

2m* n= mεF π ℏ2

εF= πℏ

2

m

* n

n(ε)= mε π ℏ2 g(ε)= ∂ n(ε) ∂ε = m πℏ2

Independent of ε!! Density of States:

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Δρxx(T ,ωc) ρ0 =D(T ,ωc)⋅M(ωc)⋅cos( 2π EF ℏ ωc⋅gs⋅gv)

NFFT = 128; x_axis = linspace(min(1./B),max(1./B),L); y_axis = interp1(1./B,sxx,x_axis); fs = 1/(x_axis(2)-x_axis(1)); z = fft(y_axis,NFFT); z = z.*conj(z)/(NFFT*L); z = abs(z(1:NFFT/2)); x = fs*(0:(NFFT/2-1))/NFFT; [m im] = max(z); wo = 2*pi*x(im) n = (g_s*g_v*q/(2*pi^2*hbar))*wo plot(x,z); grid on; xlabel('Frequency [T]'); ylabel('FFT Power');

εF= πℏ

2

m

* n

ωc=qB m

*

n (comp.) = 1.90 x 1015 cm-2 n (exact.) = 2.00 x 1015 cm-2

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Mobility

Δρxx(T ,ωc) ρ0 =D(T ,ωc)⋅e

− π τ ωc⋅C(ωc)

ωc=qB m

*

log( Δρxx(T ,ωc) ρ0 D(T ,ωc))=C− π τωc =−πm

*

τ q 1 B

wc = q*B/(mass*m_eff); X = 2*(pi^2)*kB*T./(hbar*wc); D = X.*csch(X);

  • B = [0.536 0.574 0.613 0.652 0.690];

m = [0.437 0.401 0.378 0.357 0.337]; lm = log(m); S = cov(oB,lm)/var(oB); tau = -pi*mass*m_eff/(q*S) Gamma = hbar/(2*tau*q) TD = Gamma / (pi*kB) semilogy(1./B,abs(sxx)./D); grid on; xlabel('1/B [T^{-1}]'); ylabel('log |\delta\rho_{xx}|');

τ(calc.) = 1.16 x 10-11 τ(exac.) = 1.00 x 10-11 DINGLE PLOT

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Example: Graphene

  • Z. Tan, C. Tan. L. Ma, G. T. Liu and C. L. Yang, Phys. Rev. B

84 (2011) 115429.

μ > 8.000 cm² / V.s

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What is happening?

[H y

0+1

2 mωc

2( y k+y) 2]ψ( y)=ε y ψ( y)

kx E

yk=ℏ kx q B

EF Suppression of backscattering!

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Quantum Hall Effect

μL μR equilibrium equilibrium

I= q L∑

k

f (ε[k])v=q L∑

k

f (ε[k]) 1 ℏ ∂εk ∂k I=2× L 2π 1 ℏ q L ∫

−∞ ∞

dk f (ε) ∂εk ∂ k

spin

I=2q h ∫

μR μL

d εM (ε)f (ε)

for M modes.

ε1 ε2 ε3 ε

M

1

2 3

I=2q

2

h (μ L−μ R) q M

  • K. v. Klitzing, G. Dorda and M. Pepper, Phys. Rev. Lett. 45 (1980) 494.
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Example: Graphene

  • Y. Zhang, Y.-W. Tan, H. L. Stormer and P. Kim, Nature 438 (2005) 201.
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Scanning Gate

  • N. Aoki, C. R. da Cunha, R. Akis, D. K. Ferry and Y. Ochiai, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 26 (2014) 193202.