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Area of Science:

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Materials Science
  • Nanotechnology

Background:

  • Few-layer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) is a promising material for nanoscale electronic devices.
  • Fabricating functional MoS2 devices often requires precise control over doping and device geometry.
  • Understanding mesoscopic transport phenomena is crucial for advancing quantum electronics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and demonstrate a novel device scheme for investigating mesoscopic transport in MoS2.
  • To utilize photodoping as a method for controlling carrier concentration in MoS2 devices.
  • To explore quantum confinement effects in MoS2 constrictions.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of van-der-Waals heterostructures using MoS2, hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), and graphene.
  • Implementation of a photodoping technique using photo-induced remote doping in the hBN substrate.
  • Design of metal shadow masks to define MoS2 constrictions during photodoping.
  • Low-temperature two- and four-terminal electrical transport measurements.

Main Results:

  • Successfully created conductive MoS2 constrictions via photodoping in initially insulating devices.
  • Observed clear signatures of quantum confinement effects in the mesoscopic transport measurements.
  • Demonstrated the efficacy of the shadow mask approach for spatially controlled photodoping.

Conclusions:

  • Photodoping is an effective technique for tuning carrier density and enabling transport studies in MoS2 heterostructures.
  • The presented device architecture allows for the investigation of quantum phenomena in nanoscale MoS2 devices.
  • The findings pave the way for future explorations of quantum transport in 2D materials.