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Graphene is promising as a host material for electron spin qubits because of its predicted potential for long coherence times. In armchair graphene nanoribbons (aGNRs) a small bandgap is opened, allowing for electrically gated quantum dots,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-06-17 Matthias Droth , Guido Burkard

The spin relaxation time of electrons in GaAs and GaN are determined with a model that includes momentum scattering by phonons and ionized impurities, and spin scattering by the Elliot-Yafet, D'yakonov-Perel, and Bir-Aronov-Pikus…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 S. Krishnamurthy , N. Newman , M. van Schilfgaarde

We present a joint experiment-theory study on the role of fluorine adatoms in spin and momentum scattering of charge carriers in dilute fluorinated graphene and bilayer graphene. The experimental spin-flip and momentum scattering rates and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-07-24 Susanne Wellnhofer , Adam Stabile , Denis Kochan , Martin Gmitra , Ya-Wen Chuang , Jun Zhu , Jaroslav Fabian

We perform a comparative study of the spin relaxation by spin-orbit coupling induced from adatoms (hydrogen and fluorine) in graphene. Two methods are applied, giving consistent results: a full quantum transport simulation of a graphene…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-08-19 Jan Bundesmann , Denis Kochan , Fedor Tkatschenko , Jaroslav Fabian , Klaus Richter

We present first-principles calculations of the electronic band structure and spin-orbit effects in graphene functionalized with methyl molecules in dense and dilute limits. The dense limit is represented by a 2$\times$2 graphene supercell…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-27 Klaus Zollner , Tobias Frank , Susanne Irmer , Martin Gmitra , Denis Kochan , Jaroslav Fabian

Spin-polarized electron transport driven by inhomogeneous magnetic dynamics is discussed in the limit of a large exchange coupling. Electron spins rigidly following the time-dependent magnetic profile experience spin-dependent fictitious…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Yaroslav Tserkovnyak , Matthew Mecklenburg

In this review we discuss spin and charge transport properties in graphene-based single-layer and few-layer spin-valve devices. We give an overview of challenges and recent advances in the field of device fabrication and discuss two of our…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-02-24 F. Volmer , M. Drögeler , G. Güntherodt , C. Stampfer , B. Beschoten

We investigate the spin diffusion and transport in a graphene monolayer on SiO$_2$ substrate by means of the microscopic kinetic spin Bloch equation approach. The substrate causes a strong Rashba spin-orbit coupling field $\sim 0.15$ meV,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-07-07 P. Zhang , M. W. Wu

We discuss a general framework to address spin decoherence resulting from fluctuations in a spin Hamiltonian. We performed a systematic study on spin decoherence in the compound K$_6$[V$_{15}$As$_6$O$_{42}$(D$_2$O)] $\cdot$ 8D$_2$O, using…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-22 M. Martens , G. Franco , N. S. Dalal , S. Bertaina , I. Chiorescu

Spin-dependent features in the conductivity of graphene, chemically modified by a random distribution of hydrogen adatoms, are explored theoretically. The spin effects are taken into account using a mean-field self-consistent Hubbard model…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-04-09 David Soriano , Nicolas Leconte , Pablo Ordejón , Jean-Christophe Charlier , Juan José Palacios , Stephan Roche

We measure the dependence of the conductivity of graphene as a function of magnetic field, temperature and carrier density and discover a saturation of the dephasing length at low temperatures that we ascribe to spin memory effects. Values…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 A. A. Kozikov , D. W. Horsell , E. McCann , V. I. Fal'ko

The possibility of transporting spin information over long distances in graphene, owing to its small intrinsic spin-orbit coupling (SOC) and the absence of hyperfine interaction, has led to intense research into spintronic applications.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-01 Dinh Van Tuan , Frank Ortmann , David Soriano , Sergio O. Valenzuela , Stephan Roche

We report on theoretical investigations of the spin-orbit coupling effects in fluorinated graphene. First-principles density functional calculations are performed for the dense and dilute adatom coverage limits. The dense limit is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-04-07 Susanne Irmer , Tobias Frank , Sebastian Putz , Martin Gmitra , Denis Kochan , Jaroslav Fabian

The theory of spin drift and diffusion in two-dimensional electron gases is developed in terms of a random walk model incorporating Rashba, linear and cubic Dresselhaus, and intersubband spin-orbit couplings. The additional subband degree…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-03-20 Gerson J. Ferreira , Felix G. G. Hernandez , Patrick Altmann , Gian Salis

The unusual electronic properties of single-layer graphene make it a promising material system for fundamental advances in physics, and an attractive platform for new device technologies. Graphene's spin transport properties are expected to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-23 Mark B. Lundeberg , Joshua A. Folk

We experimentally study the electronic spin transport in hBN encapsulated single layer graphene nonlocal spin valves. The use of top and bottom gates allows us to control the carrier density and the electric field independently. The spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-08-27 M. H. D. Guimarães , P. J. Zomer , J. Ingla-Aynés , J. C. Brant , N. Tombros , B. J. van Wees

We demonstrate a high-yield fabrication of non-local spin valve devices with room-temperature spin lifetimes of up to 3 ns and spin relaxation lengths as long as 9 $\mu$m in platinum-based chemical vapor deposition (Pt-CVD) synthesized…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-14 Z. M. Gebeyehu , S. Parui , J. F. Sierra , M. Timmermans , M. J. Esplandiu , S. Brems , C. Huyghebaert , K. Garello , M. V. Costache , S. O. Valenzuela

A long spin-lifetime of electrons is the holy grail of spintronics, a field exploiting the electron angular momentum as information carrier and storage unit. Previous reports indicated a spin lifetime, $\tau_{\text{s}}$ near $10$ ns at best…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-04 Bence G. Márkus , Dávid Beke , Lili Vajtai , András Jánossy , László Forró , Ferenc Simon

We theoretically investigate laser-induced spin transport in metallic magnetic heterostructures using an effective spin transport description that treats itinerant electrons and thermal magnons on an equal footing. Electron-magnon…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-04-27 Maarten Beens , Rembert A. Duine , Bert Koopmans

We consider two mechanisms of spin relaxation in disordered graphene. i) Spin relaxation due to curvature spin orbit coupling caused by ripples. ii) Spin relaxation due to the interaction of the electronic spin with localized magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Daniel Huertas-Hernando , Francisco Guinea , Arne Brataas