Scanning photocurrent microscopy in Graphene mediated by photo-Nernst effect

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Abstract

We have performed scanning photocurrent microscopy on monolayer graphene devices in a perpendicular magnetic field of up to 7 T. At zero field we observe photocurrent generated only near the contacts, but for a finite magnetic field an additional edge magneto-photocurrent contribution appears far from the contacts which is odd in magnetic field. The edge photocurrent also has opposite polarities for opposite edges. At low field this contribution can be well explained by the photo-Nernst effect combined with the nonlocal current generation mechanism described by Son and Levitov (ref. Phys. Rev. B 90, 075415, 2014). The effect persists to room temperature. At higher fields Landau quantization effects are seen along with oscillations of the magneto-photocurrent. The theory remains inadequate to explain all the features in this regime.

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Authors

  • Zaiyao Fei

    Department of Physics, University of Washington

  • Helin Cao

    Department of Physics, University of Washington

  • Grant Aivazian

    Department of Physics, University of Washington

  • Jason Ross

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, University of Washington

  • David Cobden

    Department of Physics, University of Washington, University of Washington, Seattle, University of Washington

  • Xiaodong Xu

    Univ of Washington, Department of Physics, Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Washington, University of Washington