Related papers: Electron spin relaxation in bilayer graphene
We consider bilayer graphene in the presence of spin orbit coupling, to assess its behavior as a topological insulator. The first Chern number $n$ for the energy bands of single and bilayer graphene is computed and compared. It is shown…
Inducing sizable spin--orbit interactions in graphene by proximity effect is establishing as a successful route to harnessing two-dimensional Dirac fermions for spintronics. Semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are an…
We determine the spin-lifetime anisotropy of spin-polarized carriers in graphene. In contrast to prior approaches, our method does not require large out-of-plane magnetic fields and thus it is reliable for both low- and high-carrier…
Employing analytical methods and quantum transport simulations we investigate the relaxation of quasiparticle spins in graphene proximitized by an $s$-wave superconductor in the presence of resonant magnetic and spin-orbit active…
We study all of the leading-order contributions to spin relaxation of \textit{conduction} electrons in silicon due to the electron-phonon interaction. Using group theory, $k\cdot p$ perturbation method and rigid-ion model, we derive an…
Using electrical transport experiments and shot noise thermometry, we investigate electron-phonon heat transfer rate in a suspended bilayer graphene. Contrary to monolayer graphene with heat flow via three-body supercollision scattering, we…
Spin relaxation in the impurity band of a 2D semiconductor with spin-split spectrum in the external magnetic field is considered. Several mechanisms of spin relaxation are shown to be relevant. The first one is attributed to phonon-assisted…
Materials and systems that exhibit persistent spin texture provide a platform for creating robust spin states that can be used in quantum computing, memory storage, and other advanced technological applications. In this paper we show that…
We report on the measurements of spin relaxation in GaAs quasi-one-dimensional mesowires, relying on spin noise spectroscopy, thus adding to the existing body of spin relaxation studies in bulk, two-dimensional and zero dimensional systems.…
Spin-orbit coupling in graphene can be enhanced by chemical functionalization, adatom decoration or proximity with a van der Waals material. As it is expected that such enhancement gives rise to a sizeable spin Hall effect, a spin-to-charge…
We combine extensive precision measurements of the optically detected spin dynamics and magneto-transport measurements in a contiguous set of n-doped bulk GaAs structures in order to unambiguously unravel the intriguing but complex…
We study spin dependent transport through a magnetic bilayer graphene nanojunction configured as two dimensional normal/ferromagnetic/normal structure where the gate-voltage is applied on the layers of ferromagnetic graphene. Based on the…
We investigate the inelastic spin-flip rate for electrons in a quantum dot due to their contact hyperfine interaction with lattice nuclei. In contrast to other works, we obtain a spin-phonon coupling term from this interaction by taking…
The two-dimensional electron systems in graphene and in topological insulators are described by massless Dirac equations. Although the two systems have similar Hamiltonians, they are polar opposites in terms of spin-orbit coupling strength.…
Highly accurate numerical results of phonon-induced two-electron spin relaxation in silicon double quantum dots are presented. The relaxation, enabled by spin-orbit coupling and the nuclei of $^{29}$Si (natural or purified abundance), are…
We investigate the interplay of magnetic fluctuations and Cooper pairing in twisted bilayer graphene from a purely microscopic model within a large-scale tight-binding approach resolving the \AA ngstr\"om scale. For local onsite repulsive…
We investigate the relevance to the physics of underdoped YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{\rm 6+x}$ and YBa$_2$Cu$_4$O$_8$ of the quantum critical point which occurs in a model of two antiferromagnetically coupled planes of antiferromagnetically…
Through First-Principles real-time Density-Matrix (FPDM) dynamics simulations, we investigate spin relaxation due to electron-phonon and electron-impurity scatterings with spin-orbit coupling in two-dimensional Dirac materials - silicene…
Conducting steady-states of doped bilayer graphene have a non-zero sublattice pseudospin polarization. Electron-electron interactions renormalize this polarization even at zero temperature, when the phase space for electron-electron…
We present a general unifying theory for spin polarization decay due to the interplay of spin precession and momentum scattering that is applicable to both spin-1/2 electrons and spin-3/2 holes. Our theory allows us to identify and…