Spin Electronics

For 50 years conventional electronics has ignored the electron spin. The manipulation and utilisation of the electron spin heralds an exciting and rapidly changing era in electronics, combining the disciplines of magnetism and traditional electronics. The first generation of "spintronic" devices (such as read heads based on giant magnetoresistance or non-volatile magnetic random access memories) have already gained dominant positions in the market place. This volume, the first of its kind on spin electronics describes all the essential topics for new researchers entering the field. It covers magnetism and semiconductor basics, micromagnetism, experimental techniques, materials science, device fabrication and new developments in spin-dependent processes. At the end of most chapters are a number of exercises and worked problems to aid the reader in understanding this fascinating new field.

List of contents

to Spin Electronics.- Basic Concepts.- An Introduction to the Theory of Normal and Ferromagnetic Metals.- Basic Electron Transport.- Phenomenological Theory of Giant Magnetoresistance.- Electronic Structure, Exchange and Magnetism in Oxides.- Transport Properties of Mixed-Valence Manganites.- Spin Dependent Tunneling.- Basic Semiconductor Physics.- Metal-Semiconductor Contacts.- Micromagnetic Spin Structure.- Electronic Noise in Magnetic Materials and Devices.- Materials, Techniques and Devices.- Materials for Spin Electronics.- Thin Film Deposition Techniques (PVD).- Magnetic Imaging.- Observation of Micromagnetic Configurations in Mesoscopic Magnetic Elements.- Micro and Nanofabrication Techniques.- Spin Transport in Semiconductors.- Circuit Theory for the Electrically Declined.- Spin Valve and Spin Tunneling Devices: Read Heads, MRAMs, Field Sensors.

Summary

Spin electronics will be the future nanotechnology for data storage and quantum computing. This book will appeal to researchers, engineers and advanced students.

Product details

• Assisted by: J Thornton (Editor), J Thornton (Editor), Martin J. Thornton (Editor), Michae Ziese (Editor), Michael Ziese (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.10.2013
• EAN: 9783662143483
• ISBN: 978-3-662-14348-3
• No. of pages: 493
• Dimensions: 172 mm x 27 mm x 236 mm
• Weight: 783 g
• Illustrations: XVII, 493 p. 334 illus., 28 illus. in color.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics; Lecture Notes in Physics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; B, Optical and Electronic Materials, Nanotechnology, Physics and Astronomy, Electronic materials, Electronic devices & materials, Optical Materials, Thin films, Spintronics, Semiconductor, oxides, Tunneling