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| Article number | 166606 |
|---|---|
| <mark>Journal publication date</mark> | 20/04/2012 |
| <mark>Journal</mark> | Physical review letters |
| Issue number | 16 |
| Volume | 108 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Pages (from-to) | - |
| Publication Status | Published |
| <mark>Original language</mark> | English |
We show that the influence of spin-orbit (SO) coupling on the weak-localization effect for electrons in graphene depends on the lack or presence of z -> -z symmetry in the system. While, for z -> -z asymmetric SO coupling, disordered graphene should display a weak antilocalization behavior at lowest temperature, z -> -z symmetric coupling leads to an effective saturation of decoherence time which can be partially lifted by an in-plane magnetic field, thus tending to restore the weak-localization effect.