Tikhonenko F V, Horsell D W, Gorbachev R V, Savchenko A K
School of Physics, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QL, United Kingdom.
Phys Rev Lett. 2008 Feb 8;100(5):056802. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.056802. Epub 2008 Feb 6.
We show that the manifestation of quantum interference in graphene is very different from that in conventional two-dimensional systems. Because of the chiral nature of charge carriers, it is not only sensitive to inelastic, phase-breaking scattering, but also to a number of elastic scattering processes. We study weak localization in different samples and at different carrier densities, including the Dirac region, and find the characteristic rates that determine it. We show how the shape and quality of graphene flakes affect the values of the elastic and inelastic rates and discuss their physical origin.
我们表明,石墨烯中量子干涉的表现与传统二维系统中的表现有很大不同。由于电荷载流子的手征性质,它不仅对非弹性、相位破坏散射敏感,而且对许多弹性散射过程也敏感。我们研究了不同样品在不同载流子密度(包括狄拉克区域)下的弱局域化,并找到了决定它的特征速率。我们展示了石墨烯薄片的形状和质量如何影响弹性和非弹性速率的值,并讨论了它们的物理起源。