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most citedSpin lifetimes exceeding 12 nanoseconds in graphene non-local spin valve devices

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25 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Magnetic proximity beyond the interface: Layer-sequence-dependent exchange in WSe/CrI heterostructures

Natalie Kuhn, Marc Schütte, Joachim Emming +8

Magnetic proximity effects in transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD)/2D-magnet heterostructures are often described in terms of the magnetization of the interfacial magnetic layer.…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025★ 1 cited

Gate-tunable Josephson diodes in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene

A. Rothstein, R. J. Dolleman, L. Klebl +8

We report low-temperature measurements of two adjacent, gate-defined Josephson junctions (JJs) in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (MATBG) at a moiré filling factor near $ν= -2…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025★ 1 cited

Room-temperature spin-lifetime anisotropy exceeding 60 in bilayer graphene spin valves proximity coupled to WSe

Timo Bisswanger, Anne Schmidt, Frank Volmer +2

A spin lifetime anisotropy between in-plane and out-of-plane spins in bilayer graphene (BLG) can be achieved by spin-orbit proximity coupling of graphene to transition metal dichal…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024★ 4 cited

Current-induced brightening of vacancy-related emitters in hexagonal boron nitride

Corinne Steiner, Rebecca Rahmel, Frank Volmer +9

We perform photoluminescence measurements on vacancy-related emitters in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) that are notorious for their low quantum yields. The gating of these emitters…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 22 cited

Twist angle dependent interlayer transfer of valley polarization from excitons to free charge carriers in WSe/MoSe heterobilayers

Frank Volmer, Manfred Ersfeld, Paulo E. Faria Junior +13

We identify an optical excitation mechanism that transfers a valley polarization from photo-excited electron-hole pairs to free charge carriers in twisted WSe/MoSe heterobi…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 63 cited

Transport spectroscopy of ultraclean tunable band gaps in bilayer graphene

E. Icking, L. Banszerus, F. Wörtche +11

The importance of controlling both the charge carrier density and the band gap of a semiconductor cannot be overstated, as it opens the doors to a wide range of applications, inclu…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 7 cited

Charge-induced artifacts in non-local spin transport measurements: How to prevent spurious voltage signals

F. Volmer, T. Bisswanger, A. Schmidt +2

To conduct spin-sensitive transport measurements, a non-local device geometry is often used to avoid spurious voltages that are caused by the flow of charges. However, in the vast…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021

CVD bilayer graphene spin valves with 26 m spin diffusion length at room temperature

T. Bisswanger, Z. Winter, A. Schmidt +5

We present inverted spin-valves fabricated from CVD-grown bilayer graphene (BLG) that show more than a doubling in device performance at room temperature compared to state-of-the a…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 27 cited

How to solve problems in micro- and nanofabrication caused by the emission of electrons and charged metal atoms during e-beam evaporation

Frank Volmer, Inga Seidler, Timo Bisswanger +4

We discuss how the emission of electrons and ions during electron-beam-induced physical vapor deposition can cause problems in micro- and nanofabrication processes. After giving a…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020

Valley lifetimes of conduction band electrons in monolayer WSe

Manfred Ersfeld, Frank Volmer, Lars Rathmann +10

One of the main tasks in the investigation of 2-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides is the determination of valley lifetimes. In this work, we combine time-resolved Kerr r…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020

How the dynamic of photo-induced gate screening complicates the investigation of valley physics in 2D materials

F. Volmer, M. Ersfeld, L. Rathmann +6

An in-depth analysis of valley physics in 2D materials like transition metal dichalcogenides requires the measurement of many material properties as a function of Fermi level posit…

cond-mat.mes-hall2019★ 45 cited

Unveiling valley lifetimes of free charge carriers in monolayer WSe

Manfred Ersfeld, Frank Volmer, Lars Rathmann +10

We report on nanosecond long, gate-dependent valley lifetimes of free charge carriers in monolayer WSe, unambiguously identified by the combination of time-resolved Kerr rotati…

cond-mat.mes-hall2019★ 1 cited

Non-local electrical detection of spin-polarized surface currents in the 3D topological insulator BiSbTeSe

Shaham Jafarpisheh, Frank Volmer, Zhiwei Wang +4

The spin-polarized surface states in topological insulators offer unique transport characteristics that make them distinguishable from trivial conductors. Here, we detect the impac…

cond-mat.mes-hall2017★ 18 cited

Dry-transferred CVD graphene for inverted spin valve devices

Marc Drögeler, Luca Banszerus, Frank Volmer +4

Integrating high-mobility graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) into spin transport devices is one of the key tasks in graphene spintronics. We use a van der Waals pick…

cond-mat.mes-hall2017★ 36 cited

Spin States Protected from Intrinsic Electron-Phonon-Coupling Reaching 100 ns Lifetime at Room Temperature in MoSe

Manfred Ersfeld, Frank Volmer, Pedro Miguel M. C. de Melo +6

We present time-resolved Kerr rotation measurements, showing spin lifetimes of over 100 ns at room temperature in monolayer MoSe. These long lifetimes are accompanied by an int…

cond-mat.mes-hall2017★ 8 cited

Simulations on the influence of spatially-varying spin transport parameters on the measured spin lifetime in graphene non-local spin valves

Marc Drögeler, Frank Volmer, Christoph Stampfer +1

Spin transport properties of graphene non-local spin valve devices are typically determined from Hanle spin precession measurements by using a simplified solution of the one-dimens…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016★ 282 cited

Spin lifetimes exceeding 12 nanoseconds in graphene non-local spin valve devices

Marc Drögeler, Christopher Franzen, Frank Volmer +7

We show spin lifetimes of 12.6 ns and spin diffusion lengths as long as 30.5 μm in single layer graphene non-local spin transport devices at room temperature. This is accomplished…

cond-mat.mes-hall2015★ 6 cited

Nanosecond spin lifetimes in bottom-up fabricated bilayer graphene spin-valves with atomic layer deposited AlO spin injection and detection barriers

Marc Drögeler, Frank Volmer, Maik Wolter +5

We present spin transport studies on bi- and trilayer graphene non-local spin-valves which have been fabricated by a bottom-up fabrication method. By this technique, spin injection…

cond-mat.mes-hall2015★ 14 cited

Spin and charge transport in graphene-based spin transport devices with Co/MgO spin injection and spin detection electrodes

F. Volmer, M. Drögeler, G. Güntherodt +2

In this review we discuss spin and charge transport properties in graphene-based single-layer and few-layer spin-valve devices. We give an overview of challenges and recent advance…

cond-mat.mes-hall2014★ 32 cited

Contact-induced charge contributions to non-local spin transport measurements in Co/MgO/graphene devices

F. Volmer, M. Drögeler, T. Pohlmann +3

Recently, it has been shown that oxide barriers in graphene-based non-local spin-valve structures can be the bottleneck for spin transport. The barriers may cause spin dephasing du…

cond-mat.mes-hall2014★ 44 cited

Suppression of contact-induced spin dephasing in graphene/MgO/Co spin-valve devices by successive oxygen treatments

F. Volmer, M. Drögeler, E. Maynicke +5

By successive oxygen treatments of graphene non-local spin-valve devices we achieve a gradual increase of the contact resistance area products () of Co/MgO spin injection and…

cond-mat.mes-hall2014★ 171 cited

Nanosecond spin lifetimes in single- and few-layer graphene-hBN heterostructures at room temperature

Marc Drögeler, Frank Volmer, Maik Wolter +6

We present a new fabrication method of graphene spin-valve devices which yields enhanced spin and charge transport properties by improving both the electrode-to-graphene and graphe…

cond-mat.mes-hall2013★ 88 cited

Role of MgO barriers for spin and charge transport in Co/MgO/graphene non-local spin-valve devices

F. Volmer, M. Drögeler, E. Maynicke +4

We investigate spin and charge transport in both single and bilayer graphene non-local spin-valve devices. Similar to previous studies on bilayer graphene, we observe an inverse de…

cond-mat.mes-hall2011★ 228 cited

Towards wafer scale fabrication of graphene based spin valve devices

Ahmet Avsar, Tsung-Yeh Yang, Su-Kang Bae +9

We demonstrate injection, transport and detection of spins in spin valve arrays patterned in both copper based chemical vapor deposition (Cu-CVD) synthesized wafer scale single lay…