Giant Spin Lifetime Anisotropy in Graphene Induced by Proximity Effects

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-395748
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.39574

Cummings, Aron W.

; Garcia, Jose H.

; Fabian, Jaroslav

; Roche, Stephan

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Abstract

We report on fundamental aspects of spin dynamics in heterostructures of graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs). By using realistic models derived from first principles we compute the spin lifetime anisotropy, defined as the ratio of lifetimes for spins pointing out of the graphene plane to those pointing in the plane. We find that the anisotropy can reach values of tens to ...