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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