Spin injection into multilayer graphene from highly spin-polarized Co2FeSi Heusler alloy

被引:16
作者
Yamaguchi, Takehiro [1 ]
Moriya, Rai [1 ]
Oki, Soichiro [2 ]
Yamada, Shinya [2 ]
Masubuchi, Satoru [1 ]
Hamaya, Kohei [2 ]
Machida, Tomoki [1 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Tokyo, Inst Ind Sci, Meguro Ku, Tokyo 1538505, Japan
[2] Osaka Univ, Grad Sch Engn Sci, Toyonaka, Osaka 5608531, Japan
[3] Univ Tokyo, Inst Nano Quantum Informat Elect, Meguro Ku, Tokyo 1538505, Japan
基金
日本科学技术振兴机构; 日本学术振兴会;
关键词
ROOM-TEMPERATURE; BORON-NITRIDE; HETEROSTRUCTURES; ELECTRONICS;
D O I
10.7567/APEX.9.063006
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
We demonstrate electrical spin injection into multilayer graphene (MLG) in a lateral spin valve device from a highly spin-polarized Co2FeSi (CFS) Huesler electrode. Exfoliated MLG was transferred onto prepatterned epitaxial CFS wires grown on an Si(111) substrate by a polymer-based transfer method. This method enabled us to fabricate multiple single-crystal CFS electrodes in contact with MLG. Electrical spin injection from CFS to MLG was detected through nonlocal magnetoresistance (MR) measurement. A nonlocal spin signal of 430 Omega was observed; this is the largest value among all reported nonlocal MR values in graphene-based devices. (C) 2016 The Japan Society of Applied Physics
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