Semiconductor Spintronics / Thomas Schäpers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schäpers, Thomas, Author.

Series:

De Gruyter Textbook

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVI, 412 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This revised and expanded edition of the first comprehensive introduction to the rapidly-evolving field of spintronics covers ferromagnetism in nano-electrodes, spin injection, spin manipulation, and the practical use of these effects in next-generation electronics. Moreover, the book now also includes spin-based optics, topological materials and insulators, and the quantum spin Hall effect.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface to the second edition

Preface to the first edition

Contents

1 Introduction

2 Low-dimensional semiconductor structures

3 Magnetism in solids

4 Diluted magnetic semiconductors

5 Magnetic electrodes

6 Spin injection

7 Spin transistor

8 Spin interference

9 Spin Hall effect

10 Quantum spin Hall effect

11 Topological insulators

12 Quantum computation with electron spins

13 Majorana fermions

Solutions

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mai 2021)

ISBN:

3-11-063900-9

OCLC:

1252428811