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Electron spin relaxation due to the D'yakonov-Perel' mechanism is investigated in bilayer graphene with only the lowest conduction band being relevant. The spin-orbit coupling is constructed from the symmetry group analysis with the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-14 L. Wang , M. W. Wu

The existence of orbital-dependent electronic correlations has been recognized as an essential ingredient to describe the physics of iron-based superconductors. NaFeAs, a parent compound of iron based superconductors, exhibits a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-09-03 David W. Tam , Zhiping Yin , Yaofeng Xie , Weiyi Wang , M. B. Stone , D. T. Adroja , H. C. Walker , Ming Yi , Pengcheng Dai

Based on a Monte Carlo method, we investigate the influence of transport conditions on the electron spin relaxation in GaAs. The decay of initial electron spin polarization is calculated as a function of distance under the presence of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. A. Barry , A. A. Kiselev , K. W. Kim

Spintronic devices usually rely on long spin relaxation times and/or lengths for optimum performance. Therefore, the ability to modulate these quantities with an external agent offers unique possibilities. The dominant spin relaxation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-30 Md. Iftekhar Hossain , Saumil Bandyopadhyay , Jayasimha Atulasimha , Supriyo Bandyopadhyay

We study transport properties of anisotropic Heisenberg model in a disordered magnetic field experiencing dephasing due to external degrees of freedom. In the absence of dephasing the model can display, depending on parameter values, the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-03-13 Marko Znidaric

Optical pump-probe measurements of spin-dynamics at temperatures down to 1.5K are described for a series of (001)-oriented GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well samples containing high mobility two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs). For well widths…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 W. J. H. Leyland , R. T. Harley , M. Henini , D. Taylor , A. J. Shields , I. Farrer , D. A. Ritchie

A transfer matrix technique is used to model phase coherent spin transport in the weakly disordered quasi one-dimensional channel of a gate-controlled electron spin interferometer [Datta and Das, Appl. Phys. Lett., 56, 665 (1990)]. It…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Cahay , S. Bandyopadhyay

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

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

The occurrence of inhomogeneous spin-density distribution in multilayered ferromagnetic diluted magnetic semiconductor nanostructures leads to strong dependence of the spin-polarized transport properties on these systems. The spin-dependent…

We investigate electron spin dynamics in narrow two-dimensional n-InGaAs channels as a function of the channel width. The spin relaxation times increase with decreasing channel width, in accordance with recent theoretical predictions based…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. W. Holleitner , V. Sih , R. C. Myers , A. C. Gossard , D. D. Awschalom

The specific band structure of graphene, with its unique valley structure and Dirac neutrality point separating hole states from electron states has led to the observation of new electronic transport phenomena such as anomalously quantized…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-05-05 Nikolaos Tombros , Csaba Jozsa , Mihaita Popinciuc , Harry T. Jonkman , Bart J. van Wees

Resonant behavior involving spin-orbit entangled states occurs for spin transport along a narrow channel defined in a two-dimensional electron gas, including an apparent rapid relaxation of the spin polarization for special values of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-04-02 D. H. Berman , M. Khodas , M. E. Flatté

We study the problem of heat transport in one-dimensional (1D) spin-chain systems weakly coupled to three-dimensional phonons and impurities. We consider the limit of fast spin excitations and slow phonons, applicable to a number of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-10 A. L. Chernyshev , A. V. Rozhkov

Low-temperature electron spin relaxation is studied by the optical orientation method in bulk n-GaAs with donor concentrations from 10^14 cm^{-3} to 5x10^17 cm^{-3}. A peculiarity related to the metal-to-insulator transition (MIT) is…

We develop a theory of spin-dependent phenomena in the streaming regime characterized by ballistic acceleration of electrons in the moderate electric field until they achieve the optical phonon energy and abruptly emit the phonons. It is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 L. E. Golub , E. L. Ivchenko

The spin-dependent transport properties of armchair graphene nanoribbons in the presence of extrinsic spin-orbit coupling induced by a random distribution of Nickel adatoms is studied. By combining a recursive Green's function formalism…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Wudmir Y. Rojas , Cesar E. P. Villegas , Alexandre R. Rocha

The contributions to the spin relaxation in copper (Cu) nanowires are quantified by carefully analyzing measurements of both charge and spin transport in lateral spin valves as a function of temperature and thickness. The temperature…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-04-04 Estitxu Villamor , Miren Isasa , Luis E. Hueso , Fèlix Casanova

We propose a semi-classical model for femtosecond-laser induced demagnetization due to spin-polarized excited electron diffusion in the super-diffusive regime. Our approach treats the finite elapsed time and transport in space between…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-06-14 Marco Battiato , Karel Carva , Peter M. Oppeneer

A unique spin depolarization mechanism, induced by the presence of g-factor anisotropy and intervalley scattering, is revealed by spin transport measurements on long-distance germanium devices in a longitudinal magnetic field. The…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-03-07 Pengke Li , Jing Li , Lan Qing , Hanan Dery , Ian Appelbaum