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Spin currents in quantum rings. Andrei Manolescu School of Science and Engineering. What is Spin. The electron rotates around the nucleus orbit. e. e. The electron rotates around itself spin magnetic dipole. WHAT is spin-orbit interaction. In atoms.
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Spin currents in quantum rings Andrei Manolescu School of Science and Engineering
What is Spin The electron rotates around the nucleus orbit e e The electron rotates around itself spin magnetic dipole
WHAT is spin-orbit interaction In atoms The motion seen by the electron: The nucleus rotates around the electronand creates a magnetic field The motion seen from the lab frame: The electron rotates around the nucleus e e e In crystals
What is spintronics The electron has electric charge electric current Electronics: information carried by electric signals The electron has spin magnetic (spin) current Spintronics: information carried by magnetic signals The spin-orbit interaction allows the influence of electric fields on spin currents
NANOELECTRONIC DEVICES GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure Quantum wires Quantum ring
TYPES OF SPIN-ORBIT Interaction in nanostructures Rashba: due to the electric field of the vertical confinement Dresselhaus: due to the electric field of the crystal
SPIN CURRENTS INDUCED IN NANORINGS Ring exposed to two dipolar electric fields with a relative angle 0 0 Spin current Charge current M. Niţă, D.C. Marinescu, A. Manolescu, V. Guðmundsson, Phys. Rev. B 2011
The nanophysics group at RU Andrei Manolescu Sigurdur Erlingsson Halldor Svavarsson Agust Valfells Gunnar Thorgilsson Kristinn Torfason Anton Heidar Thorolfsson Csaba Daday