• 文献标题:   Relaxation of electron-hole spins in strained graphene nanoribbons
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   PRABHAKAR S, MELNIK R
  • 作者关键词:   strained graphene nanoribbon, spin relaxation in graphene nanoribbon, band structure of graphene
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICSCONDENSED MATTER
  • ISSN:   0953-8984 EI 1361-648X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Wilfrid Laurier Univ
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1088/0953-8984/27/43/435801
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

We investigate the influence of magnetic field originating from the electromechanical effect on the spin-flip behaviors caused by electromagnetic field radiation in the strained graphene nanoribbons (GNRs). We show that the spin splitting energy difference (approximate to 10 meV) due to pseudospin is much larger than the spin-orbit coupling effect (Balakrishnan et al 2013 Nat. Phys. 9 284) that might provide an evidence of broken symmetry of degeneracy. The induced spin splitting energy due to ripple waves can be further enhanced with increasing values of applied tensile edge stress for potential applications in straintronic devices. In particular, we show that the enhancement in the magnitude of the ripple waves due to externally applied tensile edge stress extends the tuning of spin-flip behaviors to larger widths of GNRs.