Quantized Conductance through Surface States in High Quality Three-Dimensional Dirac Semimetal Cd3As2 Nanowire/Nanoribbon p–n JunctionsShow others and affiliations
2026 (English)In: ACS Applied Electronic Materials, E-ISSN 2637-6113, Vol. 8, no 11, p. 4779-4785Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
We report the observation of quantized conductance in high-mobility three-dimensional Dirac semimetal Cd3As2 nanowire and nanoribbon p−n junctions. By employing suspended device geometries with dual local gates, we form tunable p−n junctions and realize ballistic transport across sub-micron channel lengths. In a wide nanoribbon device with a channel width of ∼330 nm, conductance plateaus appear at integer multiples of 2e2/h in the n−n regime under high magnetic fields. Numerical simulations suggest that these features represent unresolved spin split subbands due to the smaller subband spacing in wider channels and support the interpretation that the observed quantization may originate from surface-state-dominated conduction. In contrast, narrower nanoribbons and nanowires exhibit conductance steps of 1e2/h, demonstrating spin-resolved subbands likely due to enhanced confinement effects. From spin-resolved subband spectroscopy, we extract an effective Landé g-factor of ∼43 for the first subband in the bulk gap, establishing these nanostructures as a prospective platform for fault-tolerant quantum electronics.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
American Chemical Society (ACS) , 2026. Vol. 8, no 11, p. 4779-4785
Keywords [en]
3D Dirac semimetal, Cd3As2, ballistic transport, conductance quantization, p–n junction, surface state
National Category
Condensed Matter Physics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-383944DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.6c00567ISI: 001781206700001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105041310014OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-383944DiVA, id: diva2:2083644
Note
QC 20260702
2026-07-022026-07-022026-07-02Bibliographically approved