• 文献标题:   Graphene as a non-magnetic spin current lens
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GUIMARAES FSM, COSTA AT, MUNIZ RB, FERREIRA MS
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICSCONDENSED MATTER
  • ISSN:   0953-8984 EI 1361-648X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Fed Fluminense
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1088/0953-8984/23/17/175302
  • 出版年:   2011

▎ 摘  要

In spintronics, the ability to transport magnetic information often depends on the existence of a spin current traveling between two different magnetic objects acting as the source and probe. A large fraction of this information never reaches the probe and is lost because the spin current tends to travel omnidirectionally. We propose that a curved boundary between a gated and a non-gated region within graphene acts as an ideal lens for spin currents despite being entirely of non-magnetic nature. We show as a proof of concept that such lenses can be utilized to redirect the spin current that travels away from a source onto a focus region where a magnetic probe is located, saving a considerable fraction of the magnetic information that would be otherwise lost.