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Solid-state electronics based on electron spin
Spintronics, also known as spin electronics, is the study of the intrinsic spin of the electron and its associated magnetic moment, in addition to its fundamental electronic charge, in solid-state devices. The field of spintronics concerns spin-charge coupling in metallic systems. The analogous effects in insulators fall into the field of multiferroics. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: SpintronicsA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Quantum magnonics: When magnon spintronics meets quantum information scienceInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Quantum MechanicsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Spintronics: A Spin-Based Electronics Vision for the FutureCited 10,899 times
- Go sideways: SpinterfaceA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Gallium manganese arsenideA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The storage and transfer of information using the spin state of electrons as well as their charge.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Spintronics: A Spin-Based Electronics Vision for the Future
Spintronics: Fundamentals and applications
Molecular spintronics using single-molecule magnets
Antiferromagnetic spintronics
Magnon spintronics
Antiferromagnetic spintronics
Challenges for semiconductor spintronics
Graphene spintronics
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Quantum MechanicsD. A. Bromley, Walter Greiner · 1997
Concepts in Spin Electronics (Series on Semiconductor Science and Technology)Sadamichi Maekawa · 2006- 📕SkyrmionsJ. Ping Liu, Guoping Zhao · 2016
Spin CurrentSadamichi Maekawa, Sergio O. Valenzuela · 2012
The elements of continuum mechanicsC. Truesdell · 1966
The Picture Book of Quantum MechanicsSiegmund Brandt · 1995
QuantenelektrodynamikWalter Greiner, J. Reinhardt · 1992
Quantum MechanicsFranz Schwabl · 1992
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