Tunneling Spin Injection (IMAGE)

University of California - Riverside

Tunneling Spin Injection

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Atomically-thin insulating barriers greatly improve spin injection into graphene. Top image shows flow of electrons (dotted line) when no insulator is used. Flow of electron spin polarization is greatly improved (bottom image) when a magnesium oxide insulator is used as shown.

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Kawakami lab, UC Riverside.

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