Selective Etching of Hexagonal Boron Nitride by High-Pressure CF4 Plasma for Individual One-dimensional Ohmic Contacts to Graphene Layers
arXiv:2012.02416 · doi:10.1063/5.0022557
Abstract
We describe a technique for making one-dimensional ohmic contacts to individual graphene layers encapsulated in hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) using CF4 and O2 plasmas. The high etch selectivity of h-BN against graphene (>1000) is achieved by increasing the plasma pressure, which enables etching of h-BN, while graphene acts as an etch stop to protect underlying h-BN. A low-pressure O2 plasma anisotropically etches graphene in the vertical direction, which exposes graphene edges at h-BN sidewalls. Despite the O2 plasma bombardment, the lower h-BN layer functions as an insulating layer. Thus, this method allows us to pattern metal electrodes on h-BN over a second graphene layer. Subsequent electron-beam lithography and evaporation fabricate metal contacts at the graphene edges that are active down to cryogenic temperatures. This fabrication method is demonstrated by the preparation of a graphene Hall bar with a graphite back-gate and double bilayer-graphene Hall bar devices. The high flexibility of the device geometries enabled by this method creates access to a variety of experiments on electrostatically coupled graphene layers.
arXiv comment4 figures, accepted for publication in Applied Physics Letters
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