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arxiv: 1210.1212 · v5 · pith:DRRKYBREnew · submitted 2012-10-03 · ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall · cond-mat.mtrl-sci· cond-mat.str-el

Giant capacitance of a plane capacitor with a two-dimensional electron gas in a magnetic field

classification ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.mtrl-scicond-mat.str-el
keywords capacitanceconcentrationelectroncapacitorelectrodesfieldmagneticplane
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If a clean two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) with small concentration $n$ comprises one (or both) electrodes of a plane capacitor, the resulting capacitance $C$ can be larger than the "geometric capacitance" $C_g$ determined by the physical separation $d$ between electrodes. A recent paper [1] argued that when the effective Bohr radius $a_B$ of the 2DEG satisfies $a_B << d$, one can achieve $C >> C_g$ at low concentration $nd^2 << 1$. Here we show that even for devices with $a_B > d$, including graphene, for which $a_B$ is effectively infinite, one also arrives at $C >> C_g$ at low electron concentration if there is a strong perpendicular magnetic field.

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