Semiconductor Spintronics and Quantum Computation (NanoScience and Technology)

Samarth N. Loss D. Awschalom D.D.

ISBN 10: 3642075770 / ISBN 13: 9783642075773

Published by Springer, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Semiconductor Spintronics and Quantum Computation (NanoScience and Technology)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3642075770
• ISBN 13: 9783642075773
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Spintronics (derived from spin electronics) is the basis for future single or few-electron magnetic storage devices and also for quantum computing. The books gives comprehensive information on this emerging field of research. It appeals to scientists, advanced students and electrical engineers.

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The manipulation of electric charge in bulk semiconductors and their heterostructures forms the basis of virtually all contemporary electronic and opto-electronic devices. Recent studies of spin-dependent phenomena in semiconductors have now opened the door to technological possibilities that harness the spin of the electron in semiconductor devices. In addition to providing spin-dependent analogies that extend existing electronic devices into the realm of semiconductor "spintronics," the spin degree of freedom also offers prospects for fundamentally new functionality within the quantum domain, ranging from storage to computation. It is anticipated that the spin degree of freedom in semiconductors will play a crucial role in the development of information technologies in the 21st century. This book brings together a team of experts to provide an overview of emerging concepts in this rapidly developing field. The topics range from spin transport and injection in semiconductors and their heterostructures to coherent processes and computation in semiconductor quantum structures and microcavities.