Unconventional Charge-to-Spin Conversion in Graphene/MoTe2 van der Waals Heterostructures
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Título: | Unconventional Charge-to-Spin Conversion in Graphene/MoTe2 van der Waals Heterostructures |
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Autor/es: | Ontoso, Nerea | Safeer, C. K. | Herling, Franz | Ingla-Aynés, Josep | Yang, Haozhe | Chi, Zhendong | Martin-Garcia, Beatriz | Robredo, Iñigo | Vergniory, Maia G. | Juan, Fernando de | Calvo, M. Reyes | Hueso, Luis E. | Casanova, Fèlix |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Física de la Materia Condensada |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Física Aplicada |
Palabras clave: | Spin-charge interconversion | Spin-orbit coupling | Graphene | MoTe2 | van derWaals heterostructures |
Fecha de publicación: | 19-ene-2023 |
Editor: | American Physical Society |
Cita bibliográfica: | Physical Review Applied. 2023, 19: 014053. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.19.014053 |
Resumen: | Spin-charge interconversion (SCI) is a central phenomenon to the development of spintronic devices from materials with strong spin-orbit coupling (SOC). In the case of materials with high crystal symmetry, the only allowed SCI processes are those where the spin-current, charge-current, and spin-polarization directions are orthogonal to each other. Consequently, standard SCI experiments are designed to maximize the signals arising from the SCI processes with conventional mutually orthogonal geometry. However, in low-symmetry materials, certain nonorthogonal SCI processes are also allowed. Since the standard SCI experiment is limited to charge current flowing only in one direction in the SOC material, certain allowed SCI configurations remain unexplored. Here, we perform a thorough SCI study in a graphene-based lateral spin valve combined with low-symmetry MoTe2. Due to a very low contact resistance between the two materials, we can detect SCI signals using both a standard configuration, where the charge current is applied along MoTe2, and a recently introduced [three-dimensional- (3D) current] configuration, where the charge-current flow can be controlled in three directions within the heterostructure. As a result, we observe three different SCI components, one orthogonal and two nonorthogonal, adding valuable insight into the SCI processes in low-symmetry materials. The large SCI signals obtained at room temperature, along with the versatility of the 3D-current configuration, provide feasibility and flexibility to the design of the next generation of spin-based devices. |
Patrocinador/es: | This work is supported by the Spanish MICINN under Projects No. RTI2018-094861-B-I00, No. PGC2018-101988-B-C21, No. PID2019-109905GB-C21, No. MAT2017-88377-C2-2-R, and the Maria de Maeztu Units of Excellence Programme (Grants No. MDM-2016-0618 and No. CEX2020-001038-M); the “Valleytronics” Intel Science Technology Center; the Gipuzkoa Regional Council under Projects No. 2021-CIEN-000037-01 and No. 2021-CIEN-000070-01; and the European Union H2020 under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (Grants No. 0766025-QuESTech and No. 794982-2DSTOP). N.O. thanks the Spanish MICINN for support from a Ph.D. fellowship (Grant No. BES-2017-07963). J.I.-A. acknowledges support from the “Juan de la Cierva-Formación” program by the Spanish MICINN (Grant No. FJC2018-038688-I) for a postdoctoral fellowship. R.C. acknowledges funding from Generalitat Valenciana through Grant No. CIDEGENT/2018/004 M.G.V. and I.R. thanks support from the Spanish MICINN (grant PID2019-109905GBC21), the German Research Foundation DFG (grant nr. GA3314/1-1-FOR 5249 QUAST) and the European Research Council ERC (Grant No. 101020833). |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/131592 |
ISSN: | 2331-7019 |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.19.014053 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © 2023 American Physical Society |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.19.014053 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - Física de la Materia Condensada - Artículos de Revistas Investigaciones financiadas por la UE |
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