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Long Distance Spin Transport in High Mobility Graphene on Hexagonal Boron Nitride

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2015-06-11 v1

Abstract

We performed spin transport measurements on boron nitride based single layer graphene devices with mobilities up to 40 000 cm2{^2}V1^{-1}s1^{-1}. We could observe spin transport over lengths up to 20 {\mu}m at room temperature, the largest distance measured so far for graphene. Due to enhanced charge carrier diffusion, spin relaxation lengths are measured up to 4.5 {\mu}m. The relaxation times are similar to values for lower quality SiO2_2 based devices, around 200 ps. We find that the relaxation rate is determined in almost equal measures by the Elliott-Yafet and D'Yakonov-Perel mechanisms.

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@article{arxiv.1209.1999,
  title  = {Long Distance Spin Transport in High Mobility Graphene on Hexagonal Boron Nitride},
  author = {P. J. Zomer and M. H. D. Guimarães and N. Tombros and B. J. van Wees},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1209.1999},
  year   = {2015}
}

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5 pages, 4 figures