• 文献标题:   Spin transport in fully hexagonal boron nitride encapsulated graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GURRAM M, OMAR S, ZIHLMANN S, MAKK P, SCHONENBERGER C, VAN WEES BJ
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Groningen
  • 被引频次:   27
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.93.115441
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

We study fully hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) encapsulated graphene spin valve devices at room temperature. The device consists of a graphene channel encapsulated between two crystalline hBN flakes: thick-hBN flake as a bottom gate dielectric substrate which masks the charge impurities from SiO2/Si substrate and single-layer thin-hBN flake as a tunnel barrier. Full encapsulation prevents the graphene from coming in contact with any polymer/chemical during the lithography and thus gives homogeneous charge and spin transport properties across different regions of the encapsulated graphene. Further, even with the multiple electrodes in-between the injection and the detection electrodes which are in conductivity mismatch regime, we observe spin transport over 12.5-mu m-long distance under the thin-hBN encapsulated graphene channel, demonstrating the clean interface and the pinhole-free nature of the thin hBN as an efficient tunnel barrier.