• 文献标题:   Generation of spin polarization in graphene by the spin-orbit interaction and a magnetic barrier
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHANG QT, CHAN KS, LIN ZJ
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, spin orbit interaction, spin polarization, magnetic barrier
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS DAPPLIED PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   0022-3727 EI 1361-6463
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Sci Technol China
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1088/0022-3727/47/43/435302
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

We study the generation of spin polarization in monolayer graphene in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit interaction (SOI) and a ferromagnetic (FM) stripe. It is shown that Rashba SOI alone can generate an in-plane (x-y plane) spin polarization, but a FM stripe with magnetization parallel to the current direction cannot generate any spin polarization. A combination of the Rashba SOI and the magnetic field of a FM stripe can increase the spin polarization to a value close to 100%, and the polarization components can be found along the x, y and z directions. The attainment of highly spin polarized current using the Rashba SOI and FM effect could have useful applications in the development of graphene spintronics.