title: Resonant Scattering by Magnetic Impurities as a Model for Spin Relaxation in Bilayer Graphene.
abstract: We propose that the observed spin relaxation in bilayer graphene is due to resonant scattering by magnetic impurities. We analyze a resonant scattering model due to adatoms on both dimer and nondimer sites, finding that only the former give narrow resonances at the charge neutrality point. Opposite to single-layer graphene, the measured spin-relaxation rate in the graphene bilayer increases with carrier density. Although it has been commonly argued that a different mechanism must be at play for the two structures, our model explains this behavior rather naturally in terms of different broadening scales for the same underlying resonant processes. Not only do our results-using robust and first-principles inspired parameters-agree with experiment, they also predict an experimentally testable sharp decrease of the spin-relaxation rate at high carrier densities.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kochan
authors.affiliation: Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Irmer
authors.affiliation: Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gmitra
authors.affiliation: Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Jaroslav
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fabian