AVS 64th International Symposium & Exhibition
    Magnetic Interfaces and Nanostructures Division Tuesday Sessions
       Session MI+2D+AC+SA+SS-TuM

Paper MI+2D+AC+SA+SS-TuM2
Transition from Spatial to Magnetic Confinement in Graphene Quantum Dots

Tuesday, October 31, 2017, 8:20 am, Room 11

Session: Novel Magnetic Order at Interfaces
Presenter: Fereshte Ghahari, NIST; Maryland NanoCenter UMD
Authors: F. Ghahari, NIST; Maryland NanoCenter UMD
D. Walkup, NIST; Maryland NanoCenter UMD
C. Gutierrez, NIST; Maryland NanoCenter UMD
J.R. Rodiguez-Nieva, Harvard University
K.G. Watanbe, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
T. Taniguchi, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
L.S. Levitov, MIT
N.B. Zhitenev, NIST
J.A. Stroscio, NIST
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Recent progress in creating and probing graphene quantum dots has offered a new platform to investigate Klein tunneling related phenomena. The quasi-bound resonances in these circular resonators can be confined even further by the application of a perpendicular magnetic field where they condense into highly degenerate Landau levels. Here, we use scanning tunneling spectroscopy to visualize the transition from spatial to magnetic confinement in quantum dots created in graphene/boron nitride heterostructures. In high magnetic fields, electrons redistribute themselves due to coulomb interactions leading to compressible regions separated by incompressible strips.