Spin-resolved quantum interference in graphene
The unusual electronic properties of single-layer graphene make it a promising materials system for fundamental advances in physics, and an attractive platform for new device technologies. Graphene's spin-transport properties are expected to be particularly interesting, with predictions for ext...
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Published in | Nature physics Vol. 5; no. 12; pp. 894 - 897 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
London
Nature Publishing Group UK
01.12.2009
Nature Publishing Group |
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Summary: | The unusual electronic properties of single-layer graphene make it a promising materials system for fundamental advances in physics, and an attractive platform for new device technologies. Graphene's spin-transport properties are expected to be particularly interesting, with predictions for extremely long coherence times and intrinsic spin-polarized states at zero field. To test such predictions, it is necessary to measure the spin polarization of electrical currents in graphene. Here, we resolve spin transport directly from conductance features that are caused by quantum interference. These features split visibly in an in-plane magnetic field, similar to Zeeman splitting in atomic and quantum-dot systems. The spin-polarized conductance features that are the subject of this work may, in the future, lead to the development of graphene devices incorporating interference-based spin filters. |
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ISSN: | 1745-2473 1745-2481 |
DOI: | 10.1038/nphys1421 |