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We generalize the diffusive model for spin injection and detection in nonlocal spin structures to account for spin precession under an applied magnetic field in an anisotropic medium, for which the spin lifetime is not unique and depends on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-04-26 B. Raes , A. W. Cummings , F. Bonell , M. V. Costache , J. F. Sierra , S. Roche , S. O. Valenzuela

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…

Spin relaxation in graphene is investigated in electrical graphene spin valve devices in the non-local geometry. Ferromagnetic electrodes with in-plane magnetizations inject spins parallel to the graphene layer. They are subject to Hanle…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-05-05 N. Tombros , S. Tanabe , A. Veligura , C. Jozsa , M. Popinciuc , H. T. Jonkman , B. J. van Wees

We observe anisotropic Hanle lineshape with unequal in-plane and out-of-plane non-local signals for spin precession measurements carried out on lateral metallic spin valves with transparent interfaces. The conventional interpretation for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-09 K. S. Das , F. K. Dejene , B. J. van Wees , I. J. Vera-Marun

We investigate the spin transport and precession in graphene by using the Hanle effect in nonlocal and threeterminal measurement geometries. Identical spin lifetimes, spin diffusion lengths and spin polarizations are observed in graphene…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-05-06 André Dankert , Mutta Venkata Kamalakar , Johan Bergsten , Saroj P. Dash

We investigate spin relaxation in rippled graphene where curvature induces a Zeeman-like spin-orbit coupling with opposite effective magnetic fields along the graphene plane in ${\bf K}$ and ${\bf K}^\prime$ valleys. The joint effect of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-10-10 P. Zhang , Y. Zhou , M. W. Wu

Injection, transmission, and detection of spins in a conducting channel are the basic ingredients of spintronic devices. Long spin lifetimes during transit are an important ingredient in realizing this technology. An attractive platform for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-07-02 Evan Sosenko , Huazhou Wei , Vivek Aji

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 report the discovery of a strong and tunable spin lifetime anisotropy with excellent spin lifetimes up to 7.8 ns in dual-gated bilayer graphene. Remarkably, this realizes the manipulation of spins in graphene by electrically-controlled…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-26 Jinsong Xu , Tiancong Zhu , Yunqiu Kelly Luo , Yuan-Ming Lu , Roland K. Kawakami

We propose an intrinsic spin scattering mechanism in graphene originated by the interplay of atomic spin-orbit interaction and the local curvature induced by flexural distortions of the atomic lattice. Starting from a multiorbital…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-09-25 S. Fratini , D. Gosálbez-Martínez , P. Merodio Cámara , J. Fernández-Rossier

Spin precession experiments in lateral spin devices are a powerful tool for probing the spin transport properties of materials. These experiments can be quantitatively described using the Bloch diffusion equation, which offers a practical…

Spin transport experiments in graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms, indicate spin relaxation times that are significantly shorter than the theoretical predictions. We investigate experimentally whether these short spin relaxation times…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 M. Popinciuc , C. Józsa , P. J. Zomer , N. Tombros , A. Veligura , H. T. Jonkman , B. J. van Wees

A long spin relaxation time (tausf) is the key for the applications of graphene to spintronics but the experimental values of tausf have been generally much shorter than expected. We show that the usual determination by the Hanle method…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-25 H. Idzuchi , A. Fert , Y. Otani

Spin transport properties of graphene non-local spin valve devices are typically determined from Hanle spin precession measurements by using a simplified solution of the one-dimensional Bloch-Torrey equation which assumes infinitely long…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-09 Marc Drögeler , Frank Volmer , Christoph Stampfer , Bernd Beschoten

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

The hyperfine field from dynamically polarized nuclei in n-GaAs is very spatially inhomogeneous, as the nu- clear polarization process is most efficient near the randomly-distributed donors. Electrons with polarized spins traversing the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2015-10-16 N. J. Harmon , T. A. Peterson , C. C. Geppert , S. J. Patel , C. J. Palmstrøm , P. A. Crowell , M. E. Flatté

Graphene is a promising substrate for future spintronics devices owing to its remarkable electronic mobility and low spin-orbit coupling. Hanle precession in spin valve devices is commonly used to evaluate the spin diffusion and spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-24 Emile Fourneau , Alejandro V. Silhanek , Ngoc D. Nguyen

The recent discovery of two-dimensional magnetic insulators has generated a great deal of excitement over their potential for nanoscale manipulation of spin or magnetism. One intriguing use for these materials is to put them in contact with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-25 Aron W. Cummings

Graphene has emerged as the foremost material for future two-dimensional spintronics due to its tuneable electronic properties. In graphene, spin information can be transported over long distances and, in principle, be manipulated by using…

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
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