Introduction to spintronics. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Supriyo Bandyopadhyay, Marc Cahay.
• Authors: Bandyopadhyay, S; Cahay, M
• Contents: The Early History of Spin; Spin; The Bohr Planetary Model and Space Quantization; The Birth of "Spin"; The Stern-Gerlach Experiment; The Advent of Spintronics; Problems; References The Quantum Mechanics of Spin ; Pauli Spinmatrices; The Pauli Equation and Spinors; More on the Pauli Equation; Extending the Pauli Equation - The Dirac Equation; The Time Independent Dirac Equation; Problems; Appendix; References The Bloch Sphere; The Spinor and the "Qubit"; The Bloch Sphere Concept; Problems; References Evolution of a Spinor on the Bloch Sphere ; Spin-1/2 Particle in a Constant Magnetic Field: Larmor Precession; Preparing to Derive the Rabi Formula; The Rabi Formula; Problems; References The Density Matrix; The Density Matrix Concept: Case of a Pure State; Properties of the Density Matrix; Pure versus Mixed State; Concept of the Bloch Ball; Time Evolution of the Density Matrix: Case of Mixed State; The Relaxation Times T1 and T2 and the Bloch Equations; Problems; References Spin-Orbit Interaction; Microscopic or Intrinsic Spin-Orbit Interaction in an Atom; Macroscopic or Extrinsic Spin-Orbit Interaction; Problems; References Magneto-Electric Subbands in Quantum Confined Structures in the Presence of Spin-Orbit Interaction ; Dispersion Relations of Spin Resolved Magneto-Electric Subbands and Eigenspinors in a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas in the Presence of Spin-Orbit Interaction; Dispersion Relations of Spin Resolved Magneto-Electric Subbands and Eigenspinors in a One-Dimensional Electron Gas in the Presence of Spin-Orbit Interaction; Magnetic Field Perpendicular to Wire Axis and the Electric Field Causing Rashba Effect (i.e., along the z-axis); Eigenenergies of Spin Resolved Subbands and Eigenspinors in a Quantum Dot in the Presence of Spin-Orbit Interaction; Why Are the Dispersion Relations Important?; Problems; References Spin Relaxation; The Spin-Independent Spin-Orbit Magnetic Field; Spin Relaxation Mechanisms; Spin Relaxation in a Quantum Dot; Problems; References Some Spin Phenomena; The Spin Hall Effect; The Spin Galvanic Effect; The Spin Capacitor Effect; The Spin Transfer Torque Effect; The Spin Hanle Effect; The Spin Seebeck Effect; The Spin Peltier Effect; Problems; References Exchange Interaction ; Identical Particles and the Pauli Exclusion Principle; Hartree and Hartree-Fock Approximations; The Role of Exchange in Ferromagnetism; The Heisenberg Hamiltonian; Problems; References Spin Transport in Solids ; The Drift-Diffusion Model; The Semiclassical Model; Concluding Remarks; Problems; References Passive Spintronic Devices and Related Concepts ; Spin Valve; Spin Injection Efficiency; Hysteresis in Spin Valve Magnetoresistance; Giant Magnetoresistance; Spin Accumulation; Spin Injection across a Ferromagnet/Metal Interface; Spin Injection in a Spin Valve; Spin Extraction at the Interface between a Ferromagnet and a Semiconductor; Problems; References Active Devices Based on Spin and Charge ; Spin-Based Transistors; Spin Field Effect Transistors (SPINFET); Analysis of the Two-Dimensional SPINFET; Device Performance of SPINFETs; Power Dissipation Estimates; Other Types of SPINFETs; The Importance of the Spin Injection Efficiency; Transconductance, Gain, Bandwidth, and Isolation; Spin Bipolar Junction Transistors (SBJT); GMR-Based Transistors; Concluding Remarks; Problems; References All-Electric Spintronics with Quantum Point Contacts; Quantum Point Contacts; A Few Recent Experimental Results with QPCs and QDs; Spin Orbit Coupling; Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling (RSOC); Lateral Spin-Orbit Coupling (LSOC); Stern-Gerlach Type Spatial Spin Separation in a QPC Structure; Detection of Spin Polarization; Observation of a 0.5 G 0 Conductance Plateau in Asymmetrically Biased QPCs with In-Plane Side Gates; Prospect for Generation of Spin Polarized Current at Higher Temperatures; Prospect for an All-Electric Spin FET; Conclusion; Problems; References Single Spin Processors ; Single Spintronics; Reading and Writing Single Spin; Single Spin Logic; Energy Dissipation Issues; Comparison between Spin Transistors and Single-Spin-Processors; Concluding Remarks; Problems; References Quantum Computing with Spins; The Quantum Inverter; Can the NAND Gate Be Switched without Dissipating Energy?; Universal Reversible Gate: The Toffoli-Fredkin Gate; A-Matrix; Quantum Gates; Qubits; Superposition States; Quantum Parallelism; Universal Quantum Gates; A 2-Qubit "Spintronic" Universal Quantum Gate; Conclusion; Problems; References Nanomagnetic Logic: Computing with Giant Classical Spins; Nanomagnetic Logic and Bennett Clocking; Why Nanomagnetism?; Problems; References A Brief Quantum Mechanics Primer; Blackbody Radiation and Quantization of Electromagnetic Energy; The Concept of the Photon; Wave-Particle Duality and the De Broglie Wavelength; Postulates of Quantum Mechanics; Some Elements of Semiconductor Physics: Particular Applications in Nanostructures; The Rayleigh-Ritz Variational Procedure; The Transfer Matrix Formalism; Peierls’ Transformation; Problems; References
• Edition: 2nd edition
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 621.381; Spintronics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482255584; 9781482255577; 9781482255591
• Related ISBNs: 9781482255560
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