Anisotropic quantum transport in monolayer graphene in the presence of Rashba spin–orbit coupling

•The studied model system is a ferromagnetic–normal–ferromagnetic structure on graphene.•Rashba spin–orbit interaction is assumed in the normal region.•The electronic transport is studied for different SOI strength and incidence angles and other parameters.•Quantum oscillation, non-symmetry of the transport in the incident angle and etc. are observed.

We have studied spin-dependent electron tunneling through the Rashba barrier in a monolayer graphene lattices. The transfer matrix method, have been employed to obtain the spin dependent transport properties of the chiral particles. It is shown that graphene sheets in the presence of Rashba spin–orbit barrier will act as an electron spin-inverter.