Gate-defined graphene quantum point contact in the quantum Hall regime

Phys Rev Lett. 2011 Jul 15;107(3):036602. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.036602. Epub 2011 Jul 14.

Abstract

We investigate transport in a gate-defined graphene quantum point contact in the quantum Hall regime. Edge states confined to the interface of p and n regions in the graphene sheet are controllably brought together from opposite sides of the sample and allowed to mix in this split-gate geometry. Among the expected quantum Hall features, an unexpected additional plateau at 0.5h/e2 is observed. We propose that chaotic mixing of edge channels gives rise to the extra plateau.