• 文献标题:   Graphene-WS2 heterostructures for tunable spin injection and spin transport
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   OMAR S, 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:   20
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.95.081404
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

We report the first measurements of spin injection into graphene through a 20-nm-thick tungsten disulphide (WS2) layer, along with a modified spin relaxation time (tau(s)) in graphene in the WS2 environment, via spin-valve and Hanle spin-precession measurements, respectively. First, during the spin injection into graphene through a WS2-graphene interface, we can tune the interface resistance at different current bias and modify the spin injection efficiency, in a correlation with the conductivity-mismatch theory. Temperature assisted tunneling is identified as a dominant mechanism for the charge transport across the interface. Second, we measure the spin transport in graphene, underneath the WS2 crystal, and observe a significant reduction in the tau(s) down to 17 ps in graphene in the WS2 covered region, compared to that in its pristine state. The reduced tau(s) indicates the WS2-proximity induced additional dephasing of the spins in graphene.