• 文献标题:   Spin conductance of diffusive graphene nanoribbons: A probe of zigzag edge magnetization
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BUNDESMANN J, LIU MH, ADAGIDELI I, RICHTER K
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121 EI 1550-235X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Regensburg
  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.88.195406
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

We investigate spin transport in diffusive graphene nanoribbons with both clean and rough zigzag edges, and long-range potential fluctuations. The long-range fields along the ribbon edges cause the local doping to come close to the charge neutrality point forming p-n junctions with localized magnetic moments, similar to the predicted magnetic edge of clean zigzag graphene nanoribbons. The resulting random edge magnetization polarizes charge currents and causes sample-to-sample fluctuations of the spin currents obeying universal predictions. We show furthermore that, although the average spin conductance vanishes, an applied transverse in-plane electric field can generate a finite spin conductance. A similar effect can also be achieved by aligning the edge magnetic moments through an external magnetic field.