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PHY 438: Spintronics: Fundamentals and Applications (4)
Prerequisites:Condensed matter and/or Magnetism or Magnetic Materials
Course Contents:
History and overview of spin electronics; Classes of magnetic materials; The early history of spin; Quantum Mechanics of spin; The Bloch sphere; Spin-orbit Interaction.
Exchange interaction; Spin relaxation mechanisms; spin relaxation in a quantum dots; The spin Galvanic effect; Basic electron transport; Spin-dependent transport; Spin dependent tunneling; Andreev Reflection at ferromagnet and Superconductor interfaces; Spintransfer torques.
Spin-transfer drive magnetic dynamics; Current-driven switching of magnetization and domain wall motion; Domain wall scattering and Current Induced switching in ferromagnetic wires; Spin injection, spin accumulation, and spin current, Spin hall effect, Silicon based spin electronic devices.
Spin LEDs: Fundamental and applications, Spin photoelectronic devices based on Heusler alloy, Electron spin filtering, Materials for spin electronics, Nanostructures for spin electronics, Deposition techniques, micro and nanofabrication techniques.
Spin-Valve and spin-tunneling devices: Read Heads, MRAMS, Field Sensors, Spintronic Biosensors, Spin transistors, Quantum Computing with spins.
Suggested Books:
- S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Cahay, Introduction to Spintronics, CRC Press, 2008.
- M. Johnson, Magnetoelectronics, Academic Press 2004.
- D. J. Sellmyer, R. Skomski, Advanced Magnetic Nanostructures, Springer, 2006.
- S. Maekawa, Concepts in Spin Electronics, Oxford University Press, 2006.
- D.D. Awschalom, R.A. Buhrman, J.M. Daughton, S.V. Molnar, and M.L. Roukes, Spin Electronics, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004.
- Y.B. Xu and S.M.Thompson, Spintronic Materials and Technology, Taylor& Francis, 2006.
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