Aharonov-Bohm effect in graphene

Saverio Russo, Jeroen B. Oostinga, Dominique Wehenkel, Hubert B. Heersche, Samira Shams Sobhani, Lieven M. K. Vandersypen, Alberto F. Morpurgo

Published 2007-11-09Version 1

We investigate experimentally transport through ring-shaped devices etched in graphene and observe clear Aharonov-Bohm conductance oscillations. The temperature dependence of the oscillation amplitude indicates that below 1 K the phase coherence length is comparable to or larger than the size of the ring. An increase in the amplitude is observed at high magnetic field, when the cyclotron diameter becomes comparable to the width of the arms of the ring. By measuring the dependence on gate voltage, we also observe an unexpected linear dependence of the oscillation amplitude on the ring conductance, which had not been reported earlier in rings made using conventional metals or semiconducting heterostructures.