• 文献标题:   Spin filter and spin valve in ferromagnetic graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SONG Y, DAI G
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  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0003-6951 EI 1077-3118
  • 通讯作者地址:   China Acad Engn Phys
  • 被引频次:   21
  • DOI:   10.1063/1.4921668
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

We propose and demonstrate that a EuO-induced and top-gated graphene ferromagnetic junction can be simultaneously operated as a spin filter and a spin valve. We attribute such a remarkable result to a coexistence of a half-metal band and a common energy gap for opposite spins in ferromagnetic graphene. We show that both the spin filter and the spin valve can be effectively controlled by a back gate voltage, and they survive for practical metal contacts and finite temperature. Specifically, larger single spin currents and on-state currents can be reached with contacts with work functions similar to graphene, and the spin filter can operate at higher temperature than the spin valve. (C) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.