• 文献标题:   Massive Dirac fermion transport in a gapped graphene-based magnetic tunnel junction
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SOODCHOMSHOM B, TANG IM, HOONSAWAT R
  • 作者关键词:   gapped graphene, magnetic tunneling, spin polarization, massive dirac electron
  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICA ELOWDIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS NANOSTRUCTURES
  • ISSN:   1386-9477
  • 通讯作者地址:   Pathumwan Inst Technol
  • 被引频次:   12
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.physe.2009.04.017
  • 出版年:   2009

▎ 摘  要

The spin transport in a graphene-based magnetic (NG/ferromagnetic barrier (FB)/NG) tunnel junction with the graphene sheet being grown on a SiC substrate is investigated. Zhou et al. [Nat. Mater. 6 (2007) 770] has shown that in these epitaxial grown graphene sheets, the electrons behave like massive relativistic particles with an energy gap of 2 Delta similar to 260 meV opening up in the energy spectrum of the massive relativistic electron. Basing on assumption that gap in graphene can occur under the influence of the magnetic field, we find that in the case of thick ferromagnetic graphene barriers, the electronic gap causes the barrier to behave as a strong insulator when the gate potential is in the range 400-130 meV E(f), the features of a perfect spin filtering electronic junction. Crown Copyright (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.