Biased bilayer graphene: semiconductor with a gap tunable by electric field effect
arXiv:cond-mat/0611342 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.216802
Abstract
We demonstrate that the electronic gap of a graphene bilayer can be controlled externally by applying a gate bias. From the magneto-transport data (Shubnikov-de Haas measurements of the cyclotron mass), and using a tight binding model, we extract the value of the gap as a function of the electronic density. We show that the gap can be changed from zero to mid-infrared energies to a value as large as 0.3 eV by using fields of < 1 V/nm, below the electric breakdown of SiO2. The opening of a gap is clearly seen in the quantum Hall regime.
4 pages, 5 figures. To appear in Physical Review Letters, November 2007
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