• 文献标题:   Magnetic Moment Formation in Graphene Detected by Scattering of Pure Spin Currents
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MCCREARY KM, SWARTZ AG, HAN W, FABIAN J, KAWAKAMI RK
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0031-9007
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Calif Riverside
  • 被引频次:   167
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.186604
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

Hydrogen adatoms are shown to generate magnetic moments inside single layer graphene. Spin transport measurements on graphene spin valves exhibit a dip in the nonlocal spin signal as a function of the applied magnetic field, which is due to scattering (relaxation) of pure spin currents by exchange coupling to the magnetic moments. Furthermore, Hanle spin precession measurements indicate the presence of an exchange field generated by the magnetic moments. The entire experiment including spin transport is performed in an ultrahigh vacuum chamber, and the characteristic signatures of magnetic moment formation appear only after hydrogen adatoms are introduced. Lattice vacancies also demonstrate similar behavior indicating that the magnetic moment formation originates from p(z)-orbital defects.