Gate-Defined One-Dimensional Channel and Broken Symmetry States in MoS<sub>2</sub> van der Waals Heterostructures.

Pisoni, Riccardo; Lee, Yongjin; Overweg, Hiske; Eich, Marius; Simonet, Pauline; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Gorbachev, Roman et al. · Nano Lett · 2017

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We have realized encapsulated trilayer MoS<sub>2</sub> devices with gated graphene contacts. In the bulk, we observe an electron mobility as high as 7000 cm<sup>2</sup>/(V s) at a density of 3 × 10<sup>12</sup> cm<sup>-2</sup> at a temperature of 1.9 K. Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations start at magnetic fields as low as 0.9 T. The observed 3-fold Landau level degeneracy can be understood based on the valley Zeeman effect. Negatively biased split gate electrodes allow us to form a channel that can be completely pinched off for sufficiently large gate voltages. The measured conductance displays plateau-like features.