List of Contributors |
Optical phenomena in magnetic semiconductors / H. Munekata1: |
Introduction / 1.1: |
Optical properties of III-V-based MAS / 1.2: |
Brief history / 1.2.1: |
Hole-mediated ferromagnetism / 1.2.2: |
Optical properties / 1.2.3: |
Photo-induced ferromagnetism / 1.3: |
Effect of charge injection I: photo-induced ferromagnetism / 1.3.1: |
Effect of charge injection II: optical control of coercive force / 1.3.2: |
Photo-induced magnetization rotation effect of spin injection / 1.4: |
Spin dynamics / 1.5: |
Possible applications / 1.6: |
Magnetization reversal by electrical spin injection / 1.6.1: |
Circularly polarized light emitters and detector / 1.6.2: |
References |
Bipolar spintronics / Igor Zutic ; Jaroslav Fabian2: |
Preliminaries / 2.1: |
Concept of spin polarization / 2.1.1: |
Optical spin orientation / 2.1.3: |
Spin injection in metallic F/N junctions / 2.1.4: |
Spin relaxation in semiconductors / 2.1.5: |
Bipolar spin-polarized transport and applications / 2.2: |
Spin-polarized drift-diffusion equations / 2.2.1: |
Spin-polarized p-n junctions / 2.2.2: |
Magnetic p-n junctions / 2.2.3: |
Spin transistors / 2.2.4: |
Outlook and future directions / 2.2.5: |
Probing and manipulating spin effects in quantum dots / S. Tarucha ; M. Stopa ; S. Sasaki ; K. Ono3: |
Introduction and some history / 3.1: |
Charge and spin in single quantum dots / 3.2: |
Constant interaction model / 3.2.1: |
Spin and exchange effect / 3.2.2: |
Controlling spin states in single quantum dots / 3.3: |
Singlet-triplet and doublet-doublet crossings / 3.3.1: |
Non-linear regime for singlet-triplet crossing / 3.3.2: |
Zeeman effect / 3.3.3: |
Charge and spin in double quantum dots / 3.4: |
Hydrogen molecule model / 3.4.1: |
Stability diagram of charge states / 3.4.2: |
Exchange coupling in the scheme of quantum computing / 3.4.3: |
Spin relaxation in quantum dots / 3.5: |
Transverse and longitudinal relaxation / 3.5.1: |
Effect of spin-orbit interaction / 3.5.2: |
Spin blockade in single-electron tunneling / 3.6: |
Suppression of single-electron tunneling / 3.6.1: |
Pauli effect in coupled dots / 3.6.2: |
Lifting of Pauli spin blockade by hyperfine coupling / 3.6.3: |
Cotunneling and the Kondo effect / 3.7: |
Cotunneling / 3.7.1: |
The standard Kondo effect / 3.7.2: |
The S-T and D-D Kondo effect / 3.7.3: |
Conclusions / 3.8: |
Spin-dependent transport in single-electron devices / Jan Martinek ; Jozef Barnas4: |
Single-electron transport / 4.1: |
Model Hamiltonian / 4.2: |
Metallic or ferromagnetic island / 4.2.1: |
Quantum dot - Anderson model / 4.2.2: |
Transport regimes / 4.3: |
Weak coupling - sequential tunneling / 4.4: |
Quantum dot / 4.4.1: |
Non-Collinear geometry / 4.4.2: |
Ferromagnetic island / 4.4.3: |
Metallic island / 4.4.4: |
Shot noise / 4.4.5: |
Strong coupling - Kondo effect / 4.5: |
Perturbative-scaling approach / 4.6.1: |
Numerical renormalization group / 4.6.2: |
Gate-controlled spin-splitting in quantum dots / 4.6.3: |
Non-equilibrium transport properties / 4.6.4: |
Relation to experiment / 4.6.5: |
RKKY interaction between quantum dots / 4.7: |
Flux-dependent RKKY interaction / 4.7.1: |
RKKY interaction - experimental results / 4.7.2: |
Spin-transfer torques and nanomagnets / Daniel C. Ralph ; Robert A. Buhrman5: |
Spin-transfer torques / 5.1: |
Intuitive picture of spin-transfer torques / 5.1.1: |
The case of two magnetic layers / 5.1.2: |
Simple picture of spin-transfer-driven magnetic dynamics / 5.1.3: |
Experimental results / 5.1.4: |
Applications of spin transfer torques / 5.1.5: |
Electrons in micro- and nanomagnets / 5.2: |
Micron-scale magnets and Coulomb blockade / 5.2.1: |
Ferromagnetic nanoparticles / 5.2.2: |
Magnetic molecules and the Kondo effect / 5.2.3: |
Tunnel spin injectors / Xin Jiang ; Stuart Parkin6: |
Magnetic tunnel junctions / 6.1: |
Tunneling spin polarization / 6.2.1: |
Giant tunneling using MgO tunnel barriers / 6.2.2: |
Magnetic tunnel transistor / 6.3: |
Hot electron devices / 6.3.1: |
Energy-dependent electron transport in the magnetic tunnel transistor / 6.3.2: |
Tunnel-based spin injectors / 6.4: |
Spin injection / 6.4.1: |
Spin injection using tunnel injectors / 6.4.2: |
Theory of spin-transfer torque and domain wall motion in magnetic nanostructures / S. E. Barnes ; S. Maekawa7: |
Landau-Lifshitz equations / 7.1: |
Relaxation and the Landau-Lifshitz equations / 7.2.1: |
Models for itinerant ferromagnets / 7.3: |
Description of the ferromagnetic spin / 7.3.1: |
Quantum effects / 7.3.2: |
Angular momentum transfer for bi-layers / 7.4: |
Gauge theory / 7.4.1: |
Spin-motiveforces (smf) in bi-layers / 7.4.2: |
Magnetic dynamics of bi-layers / 7.5: |
Relaxation of dynamical modes / 7.5.1: |
Description of the dynamical modes / 7.6: |
Effective particle description of the dynamical modes / 7.6.1: |
Static critical current / 7.6.2: |
Stability of small-angle oscillations - dynamic critical points / 7.6.3: |
Stability of the negative temperature fixed point / 7.6.4: |
The role of the smf/emf due to dynamical modes / 7.6.5: |
Interactions of ferro- and metallic layers / 7.6.6: |
The relaxation bottleneck and dynamics of an FN-interface / 7.6.7: |
Dynamics of FNF domains / 7.6.8: |
Angular momentum transfer in FNF domains / 7.6.9: |
Angular momentum transfer in NFN systems / 7.6.10: |
Domain walls / 7.7: |
Relaxation in domain walls / 7.7.1: |
Angular momentum transfer in domain walls / 7.7.2: |
Pinning of domain walls / 7.7.3: |
The smf/emf produced by a domain wall / 7.7.4: |
Applications of the smf produced by a domain wall / 7.7.5: |
Spin injection and spin transport in hybrid nanostructures / S. Takahashi ; H. Imamura8: |
Spin injection, spin accumulation, and spin current / 8.1: |
Spin transport in non-local geometry / 8.2.1: |
Spin accumulation signal / 8.2.2: |
Non-local spin injection and manipulation / 8.2.3: |
Spin injection into superconductors / 8.3: |
Spin Hall effect / 8.4: |
Basic formulation / 8.4.1: |
Scattering probability and Boltzmann equation / 8.4.2: |
Spin and charge Hall currents / 8.4.3: |
Spin-orbit coupling parameter / 8.4.4: |
Non-local spin Hall effect / 8.4.5: |
Appendix: Electrochemical potentials in F1/N/F2 / 8.5: |
Andreev reflection at ferromagnet/superconductor interfaces / 9: |
Basic theory of Andreev reflection / 9.1: |
Point-contact Andreev reflection / 9.2: |
Ferromagnet/superconductor/ferromagnet double junctions / 9.3: |
Crossed Andreev reflection / 9.4: |
Index |
List of Contributors |
Optical phenomena in magnetic semiconductors / H. Munekata1: |
Introduction / 1.1: |
Optical properties of III-V-based MAS / 1.2: |
Brief history / 1.2.1: |
Hole-mediated ferromagnetism / 1.2.2: |