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Influence of impurity spin dynamics on quantum transport in epitaxial graphene
- Source :
- Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 106602 (2015)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Experimental evidence from both spin-valve and quantum transport measurements points towards unexpectedly fast spin relaxation in graphene. We report magnetotransport studies of epitaxial graphene on SiC in a vector magnetic field showing that spin relaxation, detected using weak-localisation analysis, is suppressed by an in-plane magnetic field, $B_{\parallel}$, and thereby proving that it is caused at least in part by spinful scatterers. A non-monotonic dependence of effective decoherence rate on $B_{\parallel}$ reveals the intricate role of scatterers' spin dynamics in forming the interference correction to conductivity, an effect that has gone unnoticed in earlier weak localisation studies
- Subjects :
- Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 106602 (2015)
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1507.03841
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.106602