• 文献标题:   Proximity-induced magnetization in graphene: Towards efficient spin gating
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BOSNAR M, LONCARIC I, LAZIC P, BELASHCHENKO KD, ZUTIC I
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   2475-9953
  • 通讯作者地址:   Rudjer Boskovic Inst
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.114006
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Gate-tunable spin-dependent properties could be induced in graphene at room temperature through the magnetic proximity effect by placing it in contact with a metallic ferromagnet. Because strong chemical bonding with the metallic substrate makes gating ineffective, an intervening passivation layer is needed. Previously considered passivation layers result in a large shift of the Dirac point away from the Fermi level, so that unrealistically large gate fields are required to tune the spin polarization in graphene (Gr). We show that a monolayer of Au or Pt used as the passivation layer between Co and graphene brings the Dirac point closer to the Fermi level. In the Co/Pt/Gr system the proximity-induced spin polarization in graphene and its gate control are strongly enhanced by the presence of a surface band near the Fermi level. Furthermore, the shift of the Dirac point could be eliminated entirely by selecting submonolayer coverage in the passivation layer. Our findings open a path towards experimental realization of an optimized two-dimensional system with gate-tunable spin-dependent properties.