Edge state transport through disordered graphene nanoribbons in the quantum Hall regime

Abstract

The presence of strong disorder in graphene nanoribbons yields low-mobility diffusive transport at high charge densities, whereas a transport gap occurs at low densities. Here, we investigate the longitudinal and transverse magnetoresistance of a narrow (60 nm) nanoribbon in a six-terminal Hall bar geometry. At B= 11 T, quantum Hall plateaux appear at ${\sigma }_{xy}=\pm 2e^2/h$, $\pm 6e^2/h$ and $\pm 10e^2/h$, for which the Landau level spacing is larger than the Landau level broadening. Interestingly, the transport gap does not disappear in the quantum Hall regime, when the zero-energy Landau level is present at the charge neutrality point, implying that it cannot originate from a lateral confinement gap. At high charge densities, the longitudinal and Hall resistance exhibit reproducible fluctuations, which are most pronounced at the transition regions between Hall plateaux. Bias-dependent measurements strongly indicate that these fluctuations can be attributed to phase coherent scattering in the disordered ribbon.

experimental paper; 4 pages, 4 figures

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