Gate tunability of highly efficient spin-to-charge conversion by spin Hall effect in graphene proximitized with WSe${}_2$

Abstract

The proximity effect opens ways to transfer properties from one material into another and is especially important in two-dimensional materials. In van der Waals heterostructures, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) can be used to enhance the spin-orbit coupling of graphene leading to the prediction of gate controllable spin-to-charge conversion (SCC). Here, we report for the first time and quantify the SHE in graphene proximitized with WSe${}_2$ up to room temperature. Unlike in other graphene/TMD devices, the sole SCC mechanism is the spin Hall effect and no Rashba-Edelstein effect is observed. Importantly, we are able to control the SCC by applying a gate voltage. The SCC shows a high efficiency, measured with an unprecedented SCC length larger than 20 nm. These results show the capability of two-dimensional materials to advance towards the implementation of novel spin-based devices and future applications.

12 pages, 4 figures, 1 table, Supplementary Material

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