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cond-mat.mes-hall2013★ 306 cited

Central role of domain wall depinning for perpendicular magnetization switching driven by spin torque from the spin Hall effect

O. J. Lee, L. Q. Liu, C. F. Pai +4

We study deterministic magnetic reversal of a perpendicularly magnetized Co layer in a Co/MgO/Ta nano-square driven by spin Hall torque from an in-plane current flowing in an under…

cond-mat.mes-hall2013★ 105 cited

Dissipation in ultrahigh quality factor SiN membrane resonators

S. Chakram, Y. S. Patil, L. Chang +1

We study the optomechanical properties of stoichiometric SiN resonators through a combination of spectroscopic and interferometric imaging techniques. At room temperature, we demon…

cond-mat.mes-hall2013★ 146 cited

Van Hove Singularities and Excitonic Effects in the Optical Conductivity of Twisted Bilayer Graphene

Robin W. Havener, Yufeng Liang, Lola Brown +2

We report a systematic study of the optical conductivity of twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) across a large energy range (1.2 eV to 5.6 eV) for various twist angles, combined with f…

cond-mat.mes-hall2013★ 26 cited

Simultaneous Electrical and Optical Readout of Graphene-Coated High Q Silicon Nitride Resonators

V. P. Adiga, R. De Alba, I. R. Storch +8

We have fabricated and tested mechanical resonators consisting of a single-atomic-layer of graphene deposited on suspended silicon nitride membranes. With the addition of the graph…

cond-mat.mes-hall2013★ 989 cited

Experimental demonstration of continuous electronic structure tuning via strain in atomically thin MoS2

Keliang He, Charles Poole, Kin Fai Mak +1

We demonstrate the continuous tuning of the electronic structure of atomically thin MoS2 on flexible substrates by applying a uniaxial tensile strain. A redshift at a rate of ~70 m…

cond-mat.mes-hall2013★ 8 cited

A quasi-linear spin-torque nano-oscillator via enhanced negative feedback of power fluctuations

O. J. Lee, P. M. Braganca, V. S. Pribiag +2

We report an approach to improving the performance of spin torque nano-oscillators (STNOs) that utilizes power-dependent negative feedback to achieve a significantly enhanced dynam…

cond-mat.mes-hall2013★ 64 cited

Spin-Torque Generation in Topological-Insulator-Based Heterostructures

Mark H Fischer, Abolhassan Vaezi, Aurelien Manchon +1

Heterostructures utilizing topological insulators exhibit a remarkable spin-torque efficiency. However, the exact origin of the strong torque, in particular whether it stems from t…

cond-mat.mes-hall2013★ 578 cited

Strain Solitons and Topological Defects in Bilayer Graphene

Jonathan S. Alden, Adam W. Tsen, Pinshane Y. Huang +5

Spontaneous symmetry-breaking, where the ground state of a system has lower symmetry than the underlying Hamiltonian, is ubiquitous in physics. It leads to multiply-degenerate grou…

cond-mat.mes-hall2013★ 12 cited

Design and operation of a microfabricated phonon spectrometer utilizing superconducting tunnel junctions as phonon transducers

Obafemi O. Otelaja, Jared B. Hertzberg, Mahmut Aksit +1

In order to fully understand nanoscale heat transport it is necessary to spectrally characterize phonon transmission in nanostructures. Towards this goal we have developed a microf…

cond-mat.mes-hall2013★ 76 cited

Confined Plasmons in Graphene Microstructures: Experiments and Theory

Jared H. Strait, Parinita S. Nene, Wei-Min Chan +5

Graphene, a two-dimensional material with a high mobility and a tunable conductivity, is uniquely suited for plasmonics. The frequency dispersion of plasmons in bulk graphene has b…

cond-mat.mes-hall2013★ 121 cited

Observation and Spectroscopy of a Two-Electron Wigner Molecule in an Ultra-Clean Carbon Nanotube

S. Pecker, F. Kuemmeth, A. Secchi +4

Coulomb interactions can have a decisive effect on the ground state of electronic systems. The simplest system in which interactions can play an interesting role is that of two ele…

cond-mat.mes-hall2013★ 44 cited

Zigzag Phase Transition in Quantum Wires

Abhijit C. Mehta, C. J. Umrigar, Julia S. Meyer +1

We study the quantum phase transition of interacting electrons in quantum wires from a one-dimensional (1D) linear configuration to a quasi-1D zigzag arrangement using quantum Mont…

cond-mat.mes-hall2013★ 60 cited

Collective Antenna Effects in the Terahertz and Infrared Response of Highly Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays

L. Ren, Q. Zhang, C. L. Pint +8

We study macroscopically-aligned single-wall carbon nanotube arrays with uniform lengths via polarization-dependent terahertz and infrared transmission spectroscopy. Polarization a…

cond-mat.mes-hall2013★ 126 cited

Topological kink states at a tilt boundary in gated multi-layer graphene

Abolhassan Vaezi, Yufeng Liang, Darryl H. Ngai +2

The search for new realization of topologically protected edge states is an active area of research. We show that a tilt boundary in gated multi-layer graphene supports topological…