Spin Physics in Semiconductors (Hardcover, 2008 ed.)

The purpose of this collective book is to present a non-exhaustive survey of sp- related phenomena in semiconductors with a focus on recent research. In some sense it may be regarded as an updated version of theOpticalOrientation book, which was entirely devoted to spin physics in bulk semiconductors. During the 24 years that have elapsed, we have witnessed, on the one hand, an extraordinary development in the wonderful semiconductor physics in two dim- sions with the accompanying revolutionary applications. On the other hand, during the last maybe 15 years there was a strong revival in the interest in spin phen- ena, in particular in low-dimensional semiconductor structures. While in the 1970s and 1980s the entire world population of researchers in the ?eld never exceeded 20 persons, now it can be counted by the hundreds and the number of publications by the thousands. This explosive growth is stimulated, to a large extent, by the hopes that the electron and/or nuclear spins in a semiconductor will help to accomplish the dream of factorizing large numbers by quantum computing and eventually to develop a new spin-based electronics, or "spintronics". Whether any of this will happen or not, still remains to be seen. Anyway, these ideas have resulted in a large body of interesting and exciting research, which is a good thing by itself. The ?eld of spin physics in semiconductors is extremely rich and interesting with many spectacular effects in optics and transport.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, 157
Release date:	August 2008
First published:	2008
Editors:	Mikhail I. Dyakonov
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	442
Edition:	2008 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-540-78819-5
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Electricity, magnetism & electromagnetism
LSN:	3-540-78819-0
Barcode:	9783540788195

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