• 文献标题:   Epitaxy of MgO magnetic tunnel barriers on epitaxial graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GODEL F, PICHONAT E, VIGNAUD D, MAJJAD H, METTEN D, HENRY Y, BERCIAUD S, DAYEN JF, HALLEY D
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  • 出版物名称:   NANOTECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   0957-4484 EI 1361-6528
  • 通讯作者地址:   IPCMS
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1088/0957-4484/24/47/475708
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

Epitaxial growth of electrodes and tunnel barriers on graphene is one of the main technological bottlenecks for graphene spintronics. In this paper, we demonstrate that MgO(111) epitaxial tunnel barriers, one of the prime candidates for spintronic application, can be grown by molecular beam epitaxy on epitaxial graphene on SiC(0001). Ferromagnetic metals (Fe, Co, Fe20Ni80) were epitaxially grown on top of the MgO barrier, thus leading to monocrystalline electrodes on graphene. Structural and magnetic characterizations were performed on these ferromagnetic metals after annealing and dewetting: they form clusters with a 100 nm typical lateral width, which are mostly magnetic monodomains in the case of Fe. This epitaxial stack opens the way to graphene spintronic devices taking benefits from a coherent tunnelling current through the epitaxial MgO/graphene stack.