Quantized Conductance through Surface States in High Quality Three-Dimensional Dirac Semimetal Cd3As2 Nanowire/Nanoribbon p-n Junctions

Abstract

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 similar to 330 nm, conductance plateaus appear at integer multiples of 2e(2)/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 1e(2)/h, demonstrating spin-resolved subbands likely due to enhanced confinement effects. From spin-resolved subband spectroscopy, we extract an effective Land & eacute; g-factor of similar to 43 for the first subband in the bulk gap, establishing these nanostructures as a prospective platform for fault-tolerant quantum electronics.