Tuneable spin injection in high-quality graphene with one-dimensional contacts
arXiv:2109.08827 · doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c03625
Abstract
Spintronics involves the development of low-dimensional electronic systems with potential use in quantum-based computation. In graphene, there has been significant progress in improving spin transport characteristics by encapsulation and reducing impurities, but the influence of standard two-dimensional (2D) tunnel contacts, via pinholes and doping of the graphene channel, remains difficult to eliminate. Here, we report the observation of spin injection and tuneable spin signal in fully-encapsulated graphene, enabled by van der Waals heterostructures with one-dimensional (1D) contacts. This architecture prevents significant doping from the contacts, enabling high-quality graphene channels, currently with mobilities up to 130,000 cmVs and spin diffusion lengths approaching 20 m. The nanoscale-wide 1D contacts allow spin injection both at room and at low temperature, with the latter exhibiting efficiency comparable with 2D tunnel contacts. At low temperature, the spin signals can be enhanced by as much as an order of magnitude by electrostatic gating, adding new functionality.
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