Pseudospintronics: Final Report

Abstract

The central aim of this project was to explore the influence of electron-electron interactions on electronic transport in a variety of circumstances. A key goal was to invent new physics based on analogies to spintronics. Spintronics is a well established field which explores the role of the spin degree-of-freedom in transport. The PI invented the phrase "pseudospintronics", which is now coming into common use, to refer to spintronics like phenomena in which the role of spin is taken over by some other two-valued quantum degree of freedom. In one key class of pseudospintronic phenomena, the role of spin is replaced by the layer degree-of-freedom in a two-layer system. Although progress was achieved by work supported by this grant, ideas are still evolving. This ARO supported grant has helped to nucleate the field of pseudospintronics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 17, 2010
Accession Number
ADA519508

Entities

People

  • A. H. Macdonald

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Electron Electron Interactions
  • Electrons
  • Graphene
  • Ground State
  • Information Operations
  • Mean Field Theory
  • Military Research
  • Nanostructures
  • Spintronics
  • Transport Properties
  • Transport Ships
  • Universities
  • Wave Functions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene
  • Quantum Computing