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Zollner, Klaus ; Gmitra, Martin ; Fabian, Jaroslav

Swapping Exchange and Spin-Orbit Coupling in 2D van der Waals Heterostructures

Zollner, Klaus , Gmitra, Martin and Fabian, Jaroslav (2020) Swapping Exchange and Spin-Orbit Coupling in 2D van der Waals Heterostructures. Physical Review Letters 125, p. 196402.

Date of publication of this fulltext: 25 Sep 2020 06:30
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.43794

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Abstract

The concept of swapping the two most important spin interactions -- exchange and spin-orbit coupling -- is proposed based on two-dimensional multilayer van der Waals heterostructures. Specifically, we show by performing realistic ab initio simulations, that a single device consisting of a bilayer graphene sandwiched by a 2D ferromagnet Cr2Ge2Te6 (CGT) and a monolayer WS2, is able not only to ...

The concept of swapping the two most important spin interactions -- exchange and spin-orbit coupling -- is proposed based on two-dimensional multilayer van der Waals heterostructures. Specifically, we show by performing realistic ab initio simulations, that a single device consisting of a bilayer graphene sandwiched by a 2D ferromagnet Cr2Ge2Te6 (CGT) and a monolayer WS2, is able not only to generate, but also to swap the two interactions. The highly efficient swapping is enabled by the interplay of gate-dependent layer polarization in bilayer graphene and short-range spin-orbit and exchange proximity effects affecting only the layers in contact with the sandwiching materials. We call these structures ex-so-tic, for supplying either exchange (ex) or spin-orbit (so) coupling in a single device, by gating. Such bifunctional devices demonstrate the potential of van der Waals spintronics engineering using 2D crystal multilayers.



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Item typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitlePhysical Review Letters
Publisher:American Physical Society (APS)
Volume:125
Page Range:p. 196402
DateNovember 2020
InstitutionsPhysics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Professor Richter > Group Jaroslav Fabian
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Funded by: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (314695032)
Funded by: Europäische Kommission (EU) (785219)
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2005.11058arXiv ID
10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.196402DOI
KeywordsGRAPHENE; GRAPHITE
Dewey Decimal Classification500 Science > 530 Physics
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgYes
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-437945
Item ID43794

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