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Controlling Spin-Polarization in Graphene by Cloaking Magnetic and Spin-Orbit Scatterers

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2016-08-03 v2

Abstract

We consider spin-dependent scatterers with large scattering cross-sections in graphene -a Zeeman-like and an intrinsic spin-orbit coupling impurity- and show that a gated ring around them can be engineered to produce an effcient control of the spin dependent transport, like current spin polarization and spin Hall angle. Our analysis is based on a spin-dependent partial-waves expansion of the electronic wave-functions in the continuum approximation, described by the Dirac equation.

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@article{arxiv.1605.02814,
  title  = {Controlling Spin-Polarization in Graphene by Cloaking Magnetic and Spin-Orbit Scatterers},
  author = {Diego Oliver and Tatiana G. Rappoport},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.02814},
  year   = {2016}
}

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9 pages, 8 figures