• 文献标题:   Magnetotransport in an impurity-doped few-layer graphene spin valve
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DING KH, ZHU ZG, ZHANG ZH, BERAKDAR J
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121 EI 1550-235X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Changsha Univ Sci Technol
  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.82.155143
  • 出版年:   2010

▎ 摘  要

Using Keldysh nonequilibrium Green's-function method we study the spin-dependent transport through impurities-doped few-layer graphene sandwiched between two magnetic leads with an arbitrary mutual orientations of the magnetizations. We find for parallel electrodes magnetizations that the differential conductance possesses two resonant peaks as the applied bias increases. These peaks are traced back to a buildup of a magnetic moment on the impurity due to the electrodes spin polarization. For a large mutual angle of the electrodes magnetization directions, the two resonant peaks approach each others and merge into a single peak for antiparallel orientation of the electrodes magnetizations. We point out that the tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) may change sign for relatively small changes in the values of the polarization parameters. Furthermore, we inspect the behavior of the differential conductance and TMR upon varying the temperature.