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We present spin transport studies on bi- and trilayer graphene non-local spin-valves which have been fabricated by a bottom-up fabrication method. By this technique, spin injection electrodes are first deposited onto Si$^{++}$/SiO$_2$…

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We study fully hexagonal boron nitride (hBN)-encapsulated graphene spin valve devices at room temperature. The device consists of a graphene channel encapsulated between two crystalline hBN flakes; thick-hBN flake as a bottom gate…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-01 M. Gurram , S. Omar , S. Zihlmann , P. Makk , C. Schönenberger , B. J. van Wees

Owing to their unprecedented electronic properties, graphene and two-dimensional (2D) crystals have brought fresh opportunities for advances in planar spintronic devices. Graphene is an ideal medium for spin transport while also being an…

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We performed spin transport measurements on boron nitride based single layer graphene devices with mobilities up to 40 000 cm${^2}$V$^{-1}$s$^{-1}$. We could observe spin transport over lengths up to 20 {\mu}m at room temperature, the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 P. J. Zomer , M. H. D. Guimarães , N. Tombros , B. J. van Wees

Within the field of spintronics major efforts are directed towards developing applications for spin-based transport devices made fully out of two-dimensional (2D) materials. In this work we present an experimental realization of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-07-13 Alexey A. Kaverzin , Talieh S. Ghiasi , Avalon H. Dismukes , Xavier Roy , Bart J. van Wees

Graphene is an interesting material for spintronics, showing long spin relaxation lengths even at room temperature. For future spintronic devices it is important to understand the behavior of the spins and the limitations for spin transport…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 M. H. D. Guimaraes , J. J. van den Berg , I. J. Vera-Marun , P. J. Zomer , B. J. van Wees

We study the room-temperature electrical control of charge and spin transport in high-quality bilayer graphene, fully encapsulated with hBN and contacted via 1D spin injectors. We show that spin transport in this device architecture is…

The temperature dependence of the spin relaxation time in multilayer graphene (MLG) spin valve devices was measured using a non-local magnetoresistance (NLMR) measurement. A weak localization (WL) was observed from magnetoresistance (MR)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-04-01 Takehiro Yamaguchi , Rai Moriya , Satoru Masubuchi , Kazuyuki Iguchi , Tomoki Machida

We study spin-transport in bilayer-graphene (BLG), spin-orbit coupled to a tungsten di sulfide (WS$_2$) substrate, and measure a record spin lifetime anisotropy ~40-70, i.e. ratio between the out-of-plane $\tau_{\perp}$ and in-plane spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-23 Siddhartha Omar , Bettadahalli Nandishaiah Madhushankar , Bart Jan van Wees

We present a new fabrication method of graphene spin-valve devices which yields enhanced spin and charge transport properties by improving both the electrode-to-graphene and graphene-to-substrate interface. First, we prepare Co/MgO spin…

We demonstrate injection, transport and detection of spins in spin valve arrays patterned in both copper based chemical vapor deposition (Cu-CVD) synthesized wafer scale single layer (SLG) and bilayer graphene (BLG). We observe spin…

Hydrogen adsorbates in graphene are interesting as they are not only strong Coulomb scatterers but they also induce a change in orbital hybridization of the carbon network from sp^2 into sp^3. This change increases the spin-orbit coupling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-04-26 M. Wojtaszek , I. J. Vera-Marun , T. Maassen , B. J. van Wees

By successive oxygen treatments of graphene non-local spin-valve devices we achieve a gradual increase of the contact resistance area products ($R_cA$) of Co/MgO spin injection and detection electrodes and a transition from linear to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-10-07 F. Volmer , M. Drögeler , E. Maynicke , N. von den Driesch , M. L. Boschen , G. Güntherodt , C. Stampfer , B. Beschoten

We report on the first systematic study of spin transport in bilayer graphene (BLG) as a function of mobility, minimum conductivity, charge density and temperature. The spin relaxation time $\tau_s$ scales inversely with the mobility $\mu$…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-10 T. -Y. Yang , J. Balakrishnan , F. Volmer , A. Avsar , M. Jaiswal , J. Samm , S. R. Ali , A. Pachoud , M. Zeng , M. Popinciuc , G. Güntherodt , B. Beschoten , B. Özyilmaz

Spin dependent electron transport measurements on graphene are of high importance to explore possible spintronic applications. Up to date all spin transport experiments on graphene were done in a semi-classical regime, disregarding quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-05-01 M. H. D. Guimaraes , P. J. Zomer , I. J. Vera-Marun , B. J. van Wees

Decrease of spin polarization in spintronics devices under an application of bias voltage is one of currently important problems which should be solved. We reveal unprecedented robustness of spin polarization in multi-layer graphene spin…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-05 Masashi Shiraishi , Megumi Ohishi , Ryo Nouchi , Takayuki Nozaki , Teruya Shinjo , Yoshishige Suzuki

Graphene is an attractive material for spintronics due to theoretical predictions of long spin lifetimes arising from low spin-orbit and hyperfine couplings. In experiments, however, spin lifetimes in single layer graphene (SLG) measured…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-07-23 Wei Han , Jen-Ru Chen , Deqi Wang , Kathleen M. McCreary , Hua Wen , Adrian G. Swartz , Jing Shi , Roland K. Kawakami

The understanding of spin dynamics and relaxation mechanisms in clean graphene and the upper time and length scales on which spin devices can operate are prerequisites to realizing graphene spintronic technologies. Here we theoretically…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-11 Dinh Van Tuan , Frank Ortmann , Aron W. Cummings , David Soriano , Stephan Roche

We study room temperature spin transport in graphene devices encapsulated between a layer-by-layer-stacked two-layer-thick chemical vapour deposition (CVD) grown hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) tunnel barrier, and a few-layer-thick…