Nature Communications (May 2016)

Determination of the spin-lifetime anisotropy in graphene using oblique spin precession

  • Bart Raes,
  • Jeroen E. Scheerder,
  • Marius V. Costache,
  • Frédéric Bonell,
  • Juan F. Sierra,
  • Jo Cuppens,
  • Joris Van de Vondel,
  • Sergio O. Valenzuela

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11444
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Studying the spin lifetime anisotropy in graphene, which provides information on spin-orbit interaction and is relevant to spintronic applications, poses important experimental challenges. Here, the authors study the spin lifetime anisotropy using spin precession under oblique magnetic fields.