Spin injection and detection in all-van der Waals 2D devices

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Autores principales: Bärenfänger, Jan, Zollner, Klaus, Cvitkovich, Lukas, Watanabe, Kenji, Taniguchi, Takashi, Hartl, Stefan, Fabian, Jaroslav, Eroms, Jonathan, Weiss, Dieter, Ciorga, Mariusz
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author Bärenfänger, Jan
Zollner, Klaus
Cvitkovich, Lukas
Watanabe, Kenji
Taniguchi, Takashi
Hartl, Stefan
Fabian, Jaroslav
Eroms, Jonathan
Weiss, Dieter
Ciorga, Mariusz
author_facet Bärenfänger, Jan
Zollner, Klaus
Cvitkovich, Lukas
Watanabe, Kenji
Taniguchi, Takashi
Hartl, Stefan
Fabian, Jaroslav
Eroms, Jonathan
Weiss, Dieter
Ciorga, Mariusz
contents In this work we report efficient out-of-plane spin injection and detection in an all-van der Waals based heterostructure using only exfoliated 2D materials. We demonstrate spin injection by measuring spin-valve and Hanle signals in non-local transport in a stack of Fe$_3$GeTe$_2$ (FGT), hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) and graphene layers. FGT flakes form the spin aligning electrodes necessary to inject and detect spins in the graphene channel. The hBN tunnel barrier provides a high-quality interface between the ferromagnetic electrodes and graphene, eliminating the conductivity mismatch problem, thus ensuring efficient spin injection and detection with spin injection efficiencies of up to $P=40$\%. Our results demonstrate that FGT/hBN/graphene heterostructures form a promising platform for realizing 2D van der Waals spintronic devices.
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spellingShingle Spin injection and detection in all-van der Waals 2D devices
Bärenfänger, Jan
Zollner, Klaus
Cvitkovich, Lukas
Watanabe, Kenji
Taniguchi, Takashi
Hartl, Stefan
Fabian, Jaroslav
Eroms, Jonathan
Weiss, Dieter
Ciorga, Mariusz
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
In this work we report efficient out-of-plane spin injection and detection in an all-van der Waals based heterostructure using only exfoliated 2D materials. We demonstrate spin injection by measuring spin-valve and Hanle signals in non-local transport in a stack of Fe$_3$GeTe$_2$ (FGT), hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) and graphene layers. FGT flakes form the spin aligning electrodes necessary to inject and detect spins in the graphene channel. The hBN tunnel barrier provides a high-quality interface between the ferromagnetic electrodes and graphene, eliminating the conductivity mismatch problem, thus ensuring efficient spin injection and detection with spin injection efficiencies of up to $P=40$\%. Our results demonstrate that FGT/hBN/graphene heterostructures form a promising platform for realizing 2D van der Waals spintronic devices.
title Spin injection and detection in all-van der Waals 2D devices
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.02471