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Organized by
the Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Bialystok
Lambert Alff
Darmstadt University of Technology, Institute of Materials Science, Structure Research, Germany
Spintronics
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Conventional electronic devices rely on the transport of electrical
charge carriers - electrons - in a semiconductor such as silicon. Now,
however, physicists are trying to exploit the spin of the electron in
addition to its charge to create a remarkable new generation of
'spintronic' devices have the potential to be smaller, more versatile
and more robust than those currently making up silicon chips and circuit
elements.
In the lecture an overview on spintronics devices is given, including
the prototype memory device based on the giant magnetoresistance effect.
There is particular emphasis on the search for new spintronic materials
as diluted magnetic semiconductors and oxide half-metals.
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