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Bipolar supercurrent in graphene

Bipolar supercurrent in graphene Graphene has become a model system in condensed matter physics because its charge-carrying particles move at relativistic speeds, in effect behaving as if they are massless. This leads to some peculiar electron transport properties, like the one described in this issue. In a graphene layer sandwiched between two superconducting electrodes, a superconducting current flows at low temperatures. Current is carried either by electrons or by holes, depending on the gate voltage and hence charge density in the graphene layer. Interestingly, a finite supercurrent can flow even when the charge density is zero. These observations shed light on the relativistic phenomenon known as time-reversal symmetry, and on the nature of transport mechanisms in graphene. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nature Springer Journals

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2006 by Nature Publishing Group
Subject
Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary; Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary; Science, multidisciplinary
ISSN
0028-0836
eISSN
1476-4687
DOI
10.1038/nature05555
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Abstract

Graphene has become a model system in condensed matter physics because its charge-carrying particles move at relativistic speeds, in effect behaving as if they are massless. This leads to some peculiar electron transport properties, like the one described in this issue. In a graphene layer sandwiched between two superconducting electrodes, a superconducting current flows at low temperatures. Current is carried either by electrons or by holes, depending on the gate voltage and hence charge density in the graphene layer. Interestingly, a finite supercurrent can flow even when the charge density is zero. These observations shed light on the relativistic phenomenon known as time-reversal symmetry, and on the nature of transport mechanisms in graphene.

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NatureSpringer Journals

Published: Mar 1, 2007

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