• 文献标题:   Magnetoelectric oxide films for spin manipulation in graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   STUART SC, GRAY B, NEVOLA D, SU L, SACHET E, ULRICH M, DOUGHERTY DB
  • 作者关键词:   magnetoelectric, spintronic, cr2o3, film, graphene, spin field effect transistor, scanned probe microscopy
  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDIRAPID RESEARCH LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1862-6254 EI 1862-6270
  • 通讯作者地址:   N Carolina State Univ
  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1002/pssr.201510433
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

The challenge of creating a graphene spin field effect transistor (spin-FET) demands a magnetic gate dielectric material whose magnetization can be switched electrically. We have grown films of Cr2O3 on top of graphite and graphene by pulsed laser deposition that shows this crucial functionality. We demonstrate that the Cr2O3 films are magnetoelectric by poling them in combined electric and magnetic fields and then using magnetic force microscopy to observe spontaneous surface domain structure as a function of poling field. In addition, we show that the electric field created by a conducting AFM tip can be used to write magnetic patterns in the film that demonstrate the kind of continuous magnetoelectric control needed for a prototype spin-FET. (C) 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim