Current crowding mediated large contact noise in graphene field-effect transistors

Abstract

The impact of the intrinsic time-dependent fluctuations in the electrical resistance at the graphene-metal interface or the contact noise, on the performance of graphene field effect transistors, can be as adverse as the contact resistance itself, but remains largely unexplored. Here we have investigated the contact noise in graphene field effect transistors of varying device geometry and contact configuration, with carrier mobility ranging from 5,000 to 80,000 cm${}^2$V${}^{-1}$s${}^{-1}$. Our phenomenological model for contact noise due to current crowding in purely two dimensional conductors, confirms that the contacts dominate the measured resistance noise in all graphene field effect transistors in the two-probe or invasive four probe configurations, and surprisingly, also in nearly noninvasive four probe (Hall bar) configuration in the high mobility devices. The microscopic origin of contact noise is directly linked to the fluctuating electrostatic environment of the metal-channel interface, which could be generic to two dimensional material-based electronic devices.

arXiv commentRevised version after peer review. Main: 9 pages, 4 figures

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