Magnetic quantum ratchet effect in graphene

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 104-107

  Drexler, C ^a   Tarasenko, S A ^b   Olbrich, P ^a   Karch, J ^a   Hirmer, M ^a   Muller F ^a   Gmitra, M ^a   Fabian, J ^a   Yakimova, R ^c   Lara Avila, S ^d   Kubatkin, S ^d   Wang, M ^e   Vajtai, R ^e   Ajayan, P M ^e   Kono, J ^e   Ganichev, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SUBSTRATES; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; IN-PLANE MAGNETIC FIELDS; INVERSION ASYMMETRY; OUT OF EQUILIBRIUM; QUANTUM FLUCTUATION; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CRYSTALS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS;

GRAPHENE;

GRAPHENE; MOLYBDENUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL; ELECTRON; FERMION; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

EID: 84873569491     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2012.231     Document Type: Article

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