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Electron transport through short, phase-coherent metal-graphene-metal devices occurs via resonant transmission through particle-in-a-box-like states defined by the atomically-sharp metal leads. We study the spectrum of particle-in-a-box states for single- and bi-layer graphene, corresponding to massless and massive two-dimensional (2-D) fermions. The density of states D as a function of particle number n shows the expected relationships D(n) ~ n1/2 for massless 2-D fermions (electrons in single-layer graphene) and D(n) ~ constant for massive 2-D fermions (electrons in bi-layer graphene). The single parameters of the massless and massive dispersion relations are found, namely Fermi velocity ʋF = 1.1 × 106 m/s and effective mass m* = 0.032 me, where me is the electron mass, in excellent agreement with theoretical expectations.
This work has been supported by the U.S. ONR (grants Nos. N000140911064 and N000140610882), the National Science Foundation (NSF) (grant No. CCF-06-34321), and the UMD-NSF-MRSEC (grant No. DMR-05-20471). We acknowledge useful discussions with S. Adam and S. Das Sarma.