• 文献标题:   Tunable Fermi level and hedgehog spin texture in gapped graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   VARYKHALOV A, SANCHEZBARRIGA J, MARCHENKO D, HLAWENKA P, MANDAL PS, RADER O
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  • 出版物名称:   NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
  • ISSN:   2041-1723
  • 通讯作者地址:   Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin Mat Energie
  • 被引频次:   30
  • DOI:   10.1038/ncomms8610
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

Spin and pseudospin in graphene are known to interact under enhanced spin-orbit interaction giving rise to an in-plane Rashba spin texture. Here we show that Au-intercalated graphene on Fe(110) displays a large (similar to 230 meV) bandgap with out-of-plane hedgehog-type spin reorientation around the gapped Dirac point. We identify two causes responsible. First, a giant Rashba effect (similar to 70 meV splitting) away from the Dirac point and, second, the breaking of the six-fold graphene symmetry at the interface. This is demonstrated by a strong one-dimensional anisotropy of the graphene dispersion imposed by the two-fold-symmetric (110) substrate. Surprisingly, the graphene Fermi level is systematically tuned by the Au concentration and can be moved into the bandgap. We conclude that the out-of-plane spin texture is not only of fundamental interest but can be tuned at the Fermi level as a model for electrical gating of spin in a spintronic device.