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We analyze interaction effects on boundary states of single layer graphene. Near a half filled band, both short and long-ranged interactions lead to a fully spin polarized configuration. In addition, the band of boundary states acquires a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2008-07-17 B. Wunsch , T. Stauber , F. Sols , F. Guinea

By using non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) method and tight-binding (TB) approximation, we investigated a perfect control on spin transport in a zigzag $\alpha^{\prime}$-boron nanoribbon ($\alpha^{\prime}$-BNR) as the must…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-10-17 Zahra Askarpour , Mohsen Farokhnezhad , Fahimeh norouzi , Mahdi Esmaeilzadeh

Keldysh nonequilibrium Green's function method is utilized to study theoretically the spin polarized transport through a graphene spin valve irradiated by a monochromatic laser field. It is found that the bias dependence of the differential…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 Kai-He Ding , Zhen-Gang Zhu , Jamal Berakdar

All van der Waals (vdW) Fe3GeTe2/Cr2Ge2Te6/graphite magnetic heterojunctions have been fabricated via mechanical exfoliation and stacking, and their magnetotransport properties are studied in detail. At low bias voltages large negative…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-10-26 Honglei Feng , Gang Shi , Dayu Yan , Yong Li , Youguo Shi , Yang Xu , Peng Xiong , Yongqing Li

The spin filtering effect, distinct decaying lengths experienced by oppositely spin-polarized electrons in a magnetic barrier, generally occurs in ferromagnetic (FM) insulators or semiconductors. With the rise of altermagnetic (ALM)…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-01-08 Boyuan Chi , Leina Jiang , Yu Zhu , Guoqiang Yu , Caihua Wan , Xiufeng Han

We theoretically study the occurrence of Bloch oscillations in biased hybrid graphene systems with spin-dependent superlattices. The spin-dependent potential is realized by a set of ferromagnetic insulator strips deposited on top of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-09-15 E. Díaz , K. Miralles , F. Domínguez-Adame , C. Gaul

We compare and contrast magneto-transport oscillations in the fully quantum (single-electron coherent) and classical limits for a simple but illustrative model. In particular, we study the induced magnetization and spin current in a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Martin Y. Veillette , Cristina Bena , Leon Balents

Noncolinear magnetic texture breaks the spin-sublattice symmetry which gives rise to a spin-splitting effect. Inspired by this, we study the spin-dependent transport properties in a noncolinear antiferromagnetic fractal structure, namely,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-06-01 Kallol Mondal , Sudin Ganguly , Santanu K. Maiti

Using a three-dimensional focused-ion beam lithography process we have fabricated nanopillar devices which show spin transfer torque switching at zero external magnetic fields. Under a small in-plane external bias field, a field-dependent…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 M. C. Wu , A. Aziz , D. Morecroft , M. G. Blamire , M. C. Hickey , M. Ali , G. Burnell , B. J. Hickey

We investigate theoretically the spin-independent tunneling magnetoresistance effect in a graphene monolayer modulated by two parallel ferromagnets deposited on a dielectric layer. For the parallel magnetization configuration, Klein…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. Zhai , K. Chang

Two-dimensional (2D) materials for their versatile band structures and strictly 2D nature have attracted considerable attention over the past decade. Graphene is a robust material for spintronics owing to its weak spin-orbit and hyperfine…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-01-30 Kuei-Lin Chiu , Yang Xu

We study the refraction effect of electronic wave in hole-doped lateral heterojunctions of metallic and semiconducting transition-metal dichalcogenide monolayers. This effect is theoretically investigated in 2$H$-type MoSe$_2$-NbS$_2$ and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-01 Tetsuro Habe

We explore the electronic structure and transport properties of a metal on top of a (weakly coupled) two-dimensional topological insulator. Unlike the widely studied junctions between topological non-trivial materials, the systems studied…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-02 L. E. F. Foa Torres , V. Dal Lago , E. Suárez Morell

We have studied spin carrier dynamics under full spin-orbit coupling. The anisotropy of dispersions for independent circular spinor polarizations is explored as a possible vertical multichannel voltage controlled spin-filter. Small voltage…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. E. Marques , A. C. R. Bittencourt , C. F. Destefani , Sergio E. Ulloa

We demonstrate spin injection and detection in single wall carbon nanotubes using a 4-terminal, non-local geometry. This measurement geometry completely separates the charge and spin circuits. Hence all spurious magnetoresistance effects…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-05-05 N. Tombros , S. J. van der Molen , B. J. van Wees

We study spin transport in a fully hBN encapsulated monolayer-graphene van der Waals (vdW) heterostructure, at room temperature. A top-layer of bilayer-hBN is used as a tunnel barrier for spin-injection and detection in graphene with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-16 Mallikarjuna Gurram , Siddhartha Omar , Bart J. van Wees

We investigate the Goos-H\"anchen shift for ballistic electrons (i) reflected from a step-like inhomogeneity of the potential energy and (or) effective mass, and (ii) transmitted through a ferromagnetic barrier region in monolayer silicene…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-10-19 E. S. Azarova , G. M. Maksimova

Junctions composed of two crossed graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) have been theoretically proposed as electron beam splitters where incoming electron waves in one GNR can be split coherently into propagating waves in \emph{two} outgoing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-07-13 Sofia Sanz , Nick Papior , Géza Giedke , Daniel Sánchez-Portal , Mads Brandbyge , Thomas Frederiksen

The use of the spin of the electron as the ultimate logic bit - in what has been dubbed spintronics - can lead to a novel way of thinking about information flow. At the same time single layer graphene has been the subject of intense…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 A. R. Rocha , T. B. Martins , A. Fazzio , A. J. R. da Silva

A magnetic "spin filter" tunnel barrier, sandwiched between a non-magnetic metal and a magnetic metal, is used to create a new magnetoresistive tunnel device, somewhat analogous to an optical polarizer-analyzer configuration. The resistance…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-07 P. LeClair , J. K. Ha , H. J. M. Swagten , C. H. van de Vin , J. T. Kohlhepp , W. J. M. de Jonge