• 文献标题:   Long Spin Relaxation Times in Wafer Scale Epitaxial Graphene on SiC(0001)
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MAASSEN T, VAN DEN BERG JJ, IJBEMA N, FROMM F, SEYLLER T, YAKIMOVA R, VAN WEES BJ
  • 作者关键词:   spin transport, hanle precession, graphene, epitaxial growth
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Groningen
  • 被引频次:   80
  • DOI:   10.1021/nl2042497
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

We developed an easy, upscalable process to prepare lateral spin-valve devices on epitaxially grown monolayer graphene on SiC(0001) and perform nonlocal spin transport measurements. We observe the longest spin relaxation times tau(s) in monolayer graphene, while the spin diffusion coefficient D-s is strongly reduced compared to typical results on exfoliated graphene. The increase of tau(s) is probably related to the changed substrate, while the cause for the small value of D-s remains an open question.