Tunneling spin injection into single layer graphene

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 16, 2010, Pages

  Han, Wei ^a   Pi, K ^a   McCreary, K M ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Wong, Jared J I ^a   Swartz, A G ^a   Kawakami, R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIFT DIFFUSION; MGO BARRIER; NONLOCAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SINGLE LAYER; SPIN INJECTION; SPIN RELAXATION; SPIN TRANSPORT; TUNNEL BARRIER;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETORESISTANCE;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 77957924558     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.167202     Document Type: Article

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