Gate-tunable spin Hall effect in an all-light-element heterostructure: graphene with copper oxide
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| author | Yang, Haozhe Ormaza, Maider Chi, Zhendong Dolan, Eoin Ingla-Aynés, Josep Safeer, C. K. Herling, Franz Ontoso, Nerea Gobbi, Marco Martin-Garcia, Beatriz Schiller, Frederik Hueso, Luis E. Casanova, Fèlix |
| author_facet | Yang, Haozhe Ormaza, Maider Chi, Zhendong Dolan, Eoin Ingla-Aynés, Josep Safeer, C. K. Herling, Franz Ontoso, Nerea Gobbi, Marco Martin-Garcia, Beatriz Schiller, Frederik Hueso, Luis E. Casanova, Fèlix |
| contents | Graphene is a light material for long-distance spin transport due to its low spin-orbit coupling, which at the same time is the main drawback to exhibit a sizeable spin Hall effect. Decoration by light atoms has been predicted to enhance the spin Hall angle in graphene while retaining a long spin diffusion length. Here, we combine a light metal oxide (oxidized Cu) with graphene to induce the spin Hall effect. Its efficiency, given by the product of the spin Hall angle and the spin diffusion length, can be tuned with the Fermi level position, exhibiting a maximum (1.8 $\pm$ 0.6 nm at 100 K) around the charge neutrality point. This all-light-element heterostructure shows a larger efficiency than conventional spin Hall materials. The gate-tunable spin Hall effect is observed up to room temperature. Our experimental demonstration provides an efficient spin-to-charge conversion system free from heavy metals and compatible with large-scale fabrication. |
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| publishDate | 2023 |
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| spellingShingle | Gate-tunable spin Hall effect in an all-light-element heterostructure: graphene with copper oxide Yang, Haozhe Ormaza, Maider Chi, Zhendong Dolan, Eoin Ingla-Aynés, Josep Safeer, C. K. Herling, Franz Ontoso, Nerea Gobbi, Marco Martin-Garcia, Beatriz Schiller, Frederik Hueso, Luis E. Casanova, Fèlix Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Graphene is a light material for long-distance spin transport due to its low spin-orbit coupling, which at the same time is the main drawback to exhibit a sizeable spin Hall effect. Decoration by light atoms has been predicted to enhance the spin Hall angle in graphene while retaining a long spin diffusion length. Here, we combine a light metal oxide (oxidized Cu) with graphene to induce the spin Hall effect. Its efficiency, given by the product of the spin Hall angle and the spin diffusion length, can be tuned with the Fermi level position, exhibiting a maximum (1.8 $\pm$ 0.6 nm at 100 K) around the charge neutrality point. This all-light-element heterostructure shows a larger efficiency than conventional spin Hall materials. The gate-tunable spin Hall effect is observed up to room temperature. Our experimental demonstration provides an efficient spin-to-charge conversion system free from heavy metals and compatible with large-scale fabrication. |
| title | Gate-tunable spin Hall effect in an all-light-element heterostructure: graphene with copper oxide |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.01787 |