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A two-dimensional Dirac fermion microscope

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  • Peter Bøggild

    (CNG, DTU Nanotech, Technical University of Denmark)

  • José M. Caridad

    (CNG, DTU Nanotech, Technical University of Denmark)

  • Christoph Stampfer

    (JARA-FIT and 2nd Institute of Physics, RWTH Aachen University)

  • Gaetano Calogero

    (CNG, DTU Nanotech, Technical University of Denmark)

  • Nick Rübner Papior

    (CNG, DTU Nanotech, Technical University of Denmark)

  • Mads Brandbyge

    (CNG, DTU Nanotech, Technical University of Denmark)

Abstract

The electron microscope has been a powerful, highly versatile workhorse in the fields of material and surface science, micro and nanotechnology, biology and geology, for nearly 80 years. The advent of two-dimensional materials opens new possibilities for realizing an analogy to electron microscopy in the solid state. Here we provide a perspective view on how a two-dimensional (2D) Dirac fermion-based microscope can be realistically implemented and operated, using graphene as a vacuum chamber for ballistic electrons. We use semiclassical simulations to propose concrete architectures and design rules of 2D electron guns, deflectors, tunable lenses and various detectors. The simulations show how simple objects can be imaged with well-controlled and collimated in-plane beams consisting of relativistic charge carriers. Finally, we discuss the potential of such microscopes for investigating edges, terminations and defects, as well as interfaces, including external nanoscale structures such as adsorbed molecules, nanoparticles or quantum dots.

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  • Peter Bøggild & José M. Caridad & Christoph Stampfer & Gaetano Calogero & Nick Rübner Papior & Mads Brandbyge, 2017. "A two-dimensional Dirac fermion microscope," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-12, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms15783
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15783
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