Spin transport in two-layer-CVD-hBN/graphene/hBN heterostructures

M. Gurram*, S. Omar, S. Zihlmann, P. Makk, Q. C. Li, Y. F. Zhang, C. Schonenberger, B. J. van Wees

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We study room-temperature spin transport in graphene devices encapsulated between a layer-by-layer-stacked two-layer-thick chemical vapor deposition (CVD) grown hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) tunnel barrier, and a few-layer-thick exfoliated-hBN substrate. We find mobilities and spin-relaxation times comparable to that of SiO2 substrate-based graphene devices, and we obtain a similar order of magnitude of spin relaxation rates for both the Elliott-Yafet and D'Yakonov-Perel' mechanisms. The behavior of ferromagnet/two-layer-CVDhBN/ graphene/hBN contacts ranges from transparent to tunneling due to inhomogeneities in the CVD-hBN barriers. Surprisingly, we find both positive and negative spin polarizations for high-resistance two-layer-CVD-hBN barrier contacts with respect to the low-resistance contacts. Furthermore, we find that the differential spininjection polarization of the high-resistance contacts can be modulated by dc bias from -0.3 to + 0.3 V with no change in its sign, while its magnitude increases at higher negative bias. These features point to the distinctive spin-injection nature of the two-layer-CVD-hBN compared to the bilayer-exfoliated-hBN tunnel barriers.

Originele taal-2English
Artikelnummer045411
Aantal pagina's8
TijdschriftPhysical Review. B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume97
Nummer van het tijdschrift4
DOI's
StatusPublished - 9-jan.-2018

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