Abstract
Our study of the Shubnikov-de Haas (SdH) effect in highly-oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) systems shows that low-density electrons may occupy a 3D Fermi surface and high-density holes a 2D surface in proton-irradiated HOPG while both carriers occupy a 2D Fermi surface in virgin HOPG. No massless Dirac fermions were evidenced by the SdH oscillations both in virgin HOPG and in proton-irradiated HOPG. Following the examination of the recent controversy on massless Dirac fermions in HOPG, we find that even a small amount of acceptor-like defects may play an important role in the interpretation of SdH oscillations.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | L2959-L2962 |
Journal | Journal of the Korean Physical Society |
Volume | 59 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRL Program 2011-0018628, Cyclotron Users Program 2011-0018400, and Project No. 20090082672). The measurements at the Korean Basic Science Institute (KBSI) are gratefully acknowledged.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2011, SAGE Publications Inc. All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Proton-irradiation in graphite
- Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations
- Spatial separation of charge carriers
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy