Zihlmann, S. and Cummings, A.W. and Garcia, J.H. and Kedves, Máté and Watanabe, K. and Makk, Péter (2018) Large spin relaxation anisotropy and valley-Zeeman spin-orbit coupling in WSe2/graphene/h-BN heterostructures. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 97 (7). ISSN 2469-9950
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Abstract
Large spin-orbital proximity effects have been predicted in graphene interfaced with a transition-metal dichalcogenide layer. Whereas clear evidence for an enhanced spin-orbit coupling has been found at large carrier densities, the type of spin-orbit coupling and its relaxation mechanism remained unknown. We show an increased spin-orbit coupling close to the charge neutrality point in graphene, where topological states are expected to appear. Single-layer graphene encapsulated between the transition-metal dichalcogenide WSe2 and h-BN is found to exhibit exceptional quality with mobilities as high as 1 x 10(5) cm(2) V-1 s(-1). At the same time clear weak antilocalization indicates strong spin-orbit coupling, and a large spin relaxation anisotropy due to the presence of a dominating symmetric spin-orbit coupling is found. Doping-dependent measurements show that the spin relaxation of the in-plane spins is largely dominated by a valley-Zeeman spin-orbit coupling and that the intrinsic spin-orbit coupling plays a minor role in spin relaxation. The strong spin-valley coupling opens new possibilities in exploring spin and valley degree of freedom in graphene with the realization of new concepts in spin manipulation.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | SUPERLATTICES; Graphene; DIRAC FERMIONS; |
Subjects: | Q Science / természettudomány > QC Physics / fizika |
SWORD Depositor: | MTMT SWORD |
Depositing User: | MTMT SWORD |
Date Deposited: | 16 Mar 2023 08:48 |
Last Modified: | 16 Mar 2023 08:48 |
URI: | http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/162209 |
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