• 文献标题:   Spin-layer locked gapless states in gated bilayer graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   JASKOLSKI W, AYUELA A
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  • 出版物名称:   RSC ADVANCES
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  • 通讯作者地址:   DIPC
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1039/c9ra07319a
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Gated bilayer graphene exhibits spin-degenerate gapless states with a topological character localized at stacking domain walls. These states allow for one-dimensional currents along the domain walls. We herein demonstrate that these topologically protected currents are spin-polarized and locked in a single layer when bilayer graphene contains stacking domain walls decorated with magnetic defects. The magnetic defects, which we model as pi-vacancies, perturb the topological states but also lift their spin degeneracy. One gapless state survives the perturbation of these defects, and its spin polarization is largely localized in one layer. The spin-polarized current in the topological state flows in a single layer, and this finding suggests the possibility of effectively exploiting these states in spintronic applications.