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1 An Overview of Spintronics
3. Define SPINORS. How SPINORS can be used to deduce the electron’s spin
orientation?
4. In quantum mechanics, how a physical quantity is expressed in Heisenberg’s
mechanics and Schrodinger’s wave mechanics?
5. Show that the spin angular momentum operators satisfy the commutation
relation?
6. Derive Landau–Lifshitz–Gilbert (LLG) equation of motion.
7. Discuss different branches of spintronics.
References
M.N. Baibich, J.M. Broto, A. Fert, F.N. VanDau Nguyen, F. Petroff, P. Etienne, G. Creuzet, A.
Friederich, J. Chazelas, Giant magnetoresistance of (001)Fe/(001)Cr magnetic superlattices.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 61(21), 2472–2475 (1988)
G. Binasch, P. Grünberg, F. Saurenbach, W. Zinn, Enhanced magnetoresistance in layered magnetic
structures with antiferromagnetic interlayer exchange. Phys. Rev. B 39(7), 4828 (1989)
S. Datta, B. Das, Electronic analog of the electro-optic modulator. Appl. Phys. Lett. 56(7), 665–667
(1990)
W. Gerlach, O. Stern, Der experimentelle Nachweis der Richtungsquantelung im Magnetfeld.
Zeitschriftfür Physik 9, 353–355 (1922)
S. Goudsmit, G.E. Uhlenbeck, Over Het Roteerende Electron En de Structuur der Spectra. Physica
6, 273 (1926)
M. Holub, J. Shin, D. Saha, P. Bhattacharya, Electrical spin injection and threshold reduction in a
semiconductor laser. Phys. Rev. Lett. 98(14), 146603 (2007)
M. Johnson, R.H. Silsbee, Interfacial charge-spin coupling: injection and detection of spin
magnetization in metals. Phys. Rev. Lett. 55(17), 1790–1793 (1985)
M. Julliere, Tunneling between ferromagnetic films. Phys. Lett. A 54(3), 225–226 (1975)
T. Matsuno, S. Sugahara, M. Tanaka, Novel reconfigurable logic gates using spin metal–oxide–
semiconductor field-effect transistors. Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 43, 6032 (2004)
T.E. Phipps, J.B. Taylor, The magnetic moment of the hydrogen atom. Phys. Rev. 29, 309 (1927)
O. Stern, Ein Weg zur experimentellen Prüfung der Richtungsquantelung im Magnetfeld.
Zeitschriftfür Physik 7, 249–253 (1921)
M. Walser, C. Reichl, W. Wegscheider, G. Salis, Direct mapping of the formation of a persistent
spin helix. Nat. Phys. 8(10), 757 (2012)
1 An Overview of Spintronics
3. Define SPINORS. How SPINORS can be used to deduce the electron’s spin
orientation?
4. In quantum mechanics, how a physical quantity is expressed in Heisenberg’s
mechanics and Schrodinger’s wave mechanics?
5. Show that the spin angular momentum operators satisfy the commutation
relation?
6. Derive Landau–Lifshitz–Gilbert (LLG) equation of motion.
7. Discuss different branches of spintronics.
References
M.N. Baibich, J.M. Broto, A. Fert, F.N. VanDau Nguyen, F. Petroff, P. Etienne, G. Creuzet, A.
Friederich, J. Chazelas, Giant magnetoresistance of (001)Fe/(001)Cr magnetic superlattices.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 61(21), 2472–2475 (1988)
G. Binasch, P. Grünberg, F. Saurenbach, W. Zinn, Enhanced magnetoresistance in layered magnetic
structures with antiferromagnetic interlayer exchange. Phys. Rev. B 39(7), 4828 (1989)
S. Datta, B. Das, Electronic analog of the electro-optic modulator. Appl. Phys. Lett. 56(7), 665–667
(1990)
W. Gerlach, O. Stern, Der experimentelle Nachweis der Richtungsquantelung im Magnetfeld.
Zeitschriftfür Physik 9, 353–355 (1922)
S. Goudsmit, G.E. Uhlenbeck, Over Het Roteerende Electron En de Structuur der Spectra. Physica
6, 273 (1926)
M. Holub, J. Shin, D. Saha, P. Bhattacharya, Electrical spin injection and threshold reduction in a
semiconductor laser. Phys. Rev. Lett. 98(14), 146603 (2007)
M. Johnson, R.H. Silsbee, Interfacial charge-spin coupling: injection and detection of spin
magnetization in metals. Phys. Rev. Lett. 55(17), 1790–1793 (1985)
M. Julliere, Tunneling between ferromagnetic films. Phys. Lett. A 54(3), 225–226 (1975)
T. Matsuno, S. Sugahara, M. Tanaka, Novel reconfigurable logic gates using spin metal–oxide–
semiconductor field-effect transistors. Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 43, 6032 (2004)
T.E. Phipps, J.B. Taylor, The magnetic moment of the hydrogen atom. Phys. Rev. 29, 309 (1927)
O. Stern, Ein Weg zur experimentellen Prüfung der Richtungsquantelung im Magnetfeld.
Zeitschriftfür Physik 7, 249–253 (1921)
M. Walser, C. Reichl, W. Wegscheider, G. Salis, Direct mapping of the formation of a persistent
spin helix. Nat. Phys. 8(10), 757 (2012)