Spintronics: Fundamentals and applications

I Žutić, J Fabian, SD Sarma - Reviews of modern physics, 2004 - APS
Spintronics, or spin electronics, involves the study of active control and manipulation of spin
degrees of freedom in solid-state systems. This article reviews the current status of this …

Spin dynamics in semiconductors

MW Wu, JH Jiang, MQ Weng - Physics Reports, 2010 - Elsevier
This article reviews the current status of spin dynamics in semiconductors which has
achieved much progress in the recent years due to the fast growing field of semiconductor …

Fundamental obstacle for electrical spin injection from a ferromagnetic metal into a diffusive semiconductor

G Schmidt, D Ferrand, LW Molenkamp, AT Filip… - Physical Review B, 2000 - APS
We have calculated the spin-polarization effects of a current in a two-dimensional electron
gas which is contacted by two ferromagnetic metals. In the purely diffusive regime, the …

[LIVRE][B] Handbook of nanoscience, engineering, and technology

WA Goddard III, D Brenner, SE Lyshevski, GJ Iafrate - 2002 - taylorfrancis.com
Nanotechnology, science, and engineering spearhead the 21st century revolution that is
leading to fundamental breakthroughs in the way materials, devices, and systems are …

Experimental realization of a quantum spin pump

SK Watson, RM Potok, CM Marcus, V Umansky - Physical review letters, 2003 - APS
We demonstrate the operation of a quantum spin pump based on cyclic radio-frequency
excitation of a GaAs quantum dot, including the ability to pump pure spin without pum** …

Concepts for spin injection into semiconductors—a review

G Schmidt - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
Spintronics is a topic that has raised a lot of interest during the past years. The transport and
manipulation of spin polarized electrons or holes in semiconductors offers a huge potential …

Spin injection into semiconductors, physics and experiments

G Schmidt, LW Molenkamp - Semiconductor science and …, 2002 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper we review and extend our modelling of the physics governing electrical spin
injection into non-magnetic semiconductors. A critical evaluation is given of several …

Absence of spin transport in the organic semiconductor

JS Jiang, JE Pearson, SD Bader - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2008 - APS
There have been differing interpretations regarding the magnetoresistance (MR) reported in
spin-valve structures containing thick layers of the organic semiconductor tris-(8 …

Spintronic effects in metallic, semiconductor, metal–oxide and metal–semiconductor heterostructures

AM Bratkovsky - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
Spintronics is a rapidly growing field focusing on phenomena and related devices
essentially dependent on spin transport. Some of them are already an established part of …

Spin-dependent hot electron transport in and films on GaAs(001)

S Van Dijken, X Jiang, SSP Parkin - Physical Review B, 2002 - APS
Magnetic tunnel transistors are used to study spin-dependent hot electron transport in
ferromagnetic Ni 81 Fe 19 and Co 84 Fe 16 films deposited on GaAs (001). For both Ni 81 …