title: Crossed nanotube junctions
abstract: Junctions consisting of two crossed single-walled carbon nanotubes were fabricated with electrical contacts at each end of each nanotube. The individual nanotubes were identified as metallic (M) or semiconducting (S), based on their two-terminal conductances; MM, MS, and SS four-terminal devices were studied. The MM and SS junctions had high conductances, on the order of 0.1 e(2)/h (where e is the electron charge and h is Planck's constant). For an MS junction, the semiconducting nanotube was depleted at the junction by the metallic nanotube, forming a rectifying Schottky barrier. We used two- and three-terminal experiments to fully characterize this junction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley and Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. Department of Physics and Center for Theoretical Physics, Seoul National University.
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Fuhrer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nygard
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Forero
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Mazzoni
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ihm
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Louie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zettl
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: McEuen