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Yawen Fang1, Yang Xu2,3, Kaifei Kang4
1Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
Abstract:
Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) provide a contactless method for measuring wave-vector-dependent conductivity. This technique has been used to discover emergent length scales in the fractional quantum Hall regime of traditional, semiconductor-based heterostructures. SAWs would appear to be an ideal match for van der Waals heterostructures, but the right combination of substrate and experimental geometry to allow access to the quantum transport regime has not yet been found. We demonstrate that SAW resonant cavities fabricated on LiNbO_{3} substrates can be used to access the quantum Hall regime of high-mobility, hexagonal boron nitride encapsulated, graphene heterostructures. Our work establishes SAW resonant cavities as a viable platform for performing contactless conductivity measurements in the quantum transport regime of van der Waals materials.
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