Electron-Hole Interference in an Inverted-Band Semiconductor Bilayer
Electron optics in the solid state promises new functionality in electronics through the possibility of realizing nano- and micrometer-sized interferometers, lenses, collimators, and beam splitters that manipulate electrons instead of light. Until now, however, such functionality has been demonstrat...
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| Language: | EN |
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American Physical Society
2020
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/66ddd8e0c4b34f49a9b284c23abf3d13 |
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| Summary: | Electron optics in the solid state promises new functionality in electronics through the possibility of realizing nano- and micrometer-sized interferometers, lenses, collimators, and beam splitters that manipulate electrons instead of light. Until now, however, such functionality has been demonstrated exclusively in one-dimensional devices, such as in nanotubes, and in graphene-based devices operating with p-n junctions. In this work, we describe a novel mechanism for realizing electron optics in two dimensions. By studying a two-dimensional Fabry-Perot interferometer based on a resonant cavity formed in an InAs/GaSb double quantum well using p-n junctions, we establish that electron-hole hybridization in band-inverted systems can facilitate coherent interference. With this discovery, we expand the field of electron optics in two dimensions to encompass materials that exhibit band inversion and hybridization. |
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