Radio-Frequency
Detection of Fabry–Pérot
Interference and Quantum Capacitance in Long-Channel Three-Dimensional
Dirac Semimetal Cd<sub>3</sub>As<sub>2</sub> Nanowires
posted on 2025-09-24, 01:32authored bySung Jin An, Jisu Kim, Myung-Chul Jung, Kidong Park, Jeunghee Park, Seung-Bo Shim, Hakseong Kim, Zhuo Bin Siu, Mansoor B. A. Jalil, Christian Schönenberger, Nojoon Myoung, Jungpil Seo, Minkyung Jung
We demonstrate phase-coherent transport in suspended
long-channel
Cd<sub>3</sub>As<sub>2</sub> nanowire devices using both direct current
(DC) transport and radiofrequency (RF) reflectometry measurements.
By integrating Cd<sub>3</sub>As<sub>2</sub> nanowires with on-chip
superconducting LC resonators, we achieve sensitive detection of both
resistance and quantum capacitance variations. In a long-channel device
(<i>L</i> ≈ 1.8 μm), clear Fabry–Pérot
(FP) interference patterns are observed in both DC and RF measurements,
providing strong evidence for ballistic electron transport. RF reflectometry
reveals gate-dependent modulations of the resonance frequency arising
from quantum capacitance oscillations induced by changes in the density
of states and FP interference. These oscillations exhibit a quasi-periodic
structure that closely correlates with the FP patterns in DC transport
measurements. In another device of a Cd<sub>3</sub>As<sub>2</sub> nanowire
Josephson junction (<i>L</i> ≈ 730 nm, superconducting
Al contacts), FP interference patterns are too weak to be resolved
in DC conductance but are detectable using RF reflectometry. These
results demonstrate the high quality of our Cd<sub>3</sub>As<sub>2</sub> nanowires and the versatility of RF reflectometry, establishing
their potential for applications in topological quantum devices such
as Andreev qubits or gatemon architectures.