A graphene electron lens

Creators: Gerhard, L.; Moyen, E.; Balashov, T.; Ozerov, I.; Portail, M.; Sahaf, H.; Masson, L.; Wulfhekel, W.; Hanbücken, M.

Others:: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT); Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille (CINaM) ; Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Centre de recherche sur l'hétéroepitaxie et ses applications (CRHEA) ; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS) ; COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)

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An epitaxial layer of graphene was grown on a pre patterned 6H-SiC(0001) crystal. The graphene smoothly covers the hexagonal nano-holes in the substrate without the introduction of small angle grain boundaries or dislocations. This is achieved by an elastic deformation of the graphene by ~0.3% in accordance to its large elastic strain limit. This elastic stretching of the graphene leads to a modification of the band structure and to a local lowering of the electron group velocity of the graphene. We propose to use this effect to focus two-dimensional electrons in analogy to simple optical lenses.

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A graphene electron lens

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