Ebook: Semiconductor Spintronics and Quantum Computation

The manipulation of electric charge in bulk semiconductors and their heterostructures forms the basis of virtually all contemporary electronic and opto-electronic devices. Recent studies of spin-dependent phenomena in semiconductors have now opened the door to technological possibilities that harness the spin of the electron in semiconductor devices. In addition to providing spin-dependent analogies that extend existing electronic devices into the realm of semiconductor "spintronics," the spin degree of freedom also offers prospects for fundamentally new functionality within the quantum domain, ranging from storage to computation. It is anticipated that the spin degree of freedom in semiconductors will play a crucial role in the development of information technologies in the 21st century. This book brings together a team of experts to provide an overview of emerging concepts in this rapidly developing field. The topics range from spin transport and injection in semiconductors and their heterostructures to coherent processes and computation in semiconductor quantum structures and microcavities.

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The manipulation of electric charge in bulk semiconductors and their heterostructures forms the basis of virtually all contemporary electronic and opto-electronic devices. Recent studies of spin-dependent phenomena in semiconductors have now opened the door to technological possibilities that harness the spin of the electron in semiconductor devices. In addition to providing spin-dependent analogies that extend existing electronic devices into the realm of semiconductor "spintronics," the spin degree of freedom also offers prospects for fundamentally new functionality within the quantum domain, ranging from storage to computation. It is anticipated that the spin degree of freedom in semiconductors will play a crucial role in the development of information technologies in the 21st century. This book brings together a team of experts to provide an overview of emerging concepts in this rapidly developing field. The topics range from spin transport and injection in semiconductors and their heterostructures to coherent processes and computation in semiconductor quantum structures and microcavities.

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The manipulation of electric charge in bulk semiconductors and their heterostructures forms the basis of virtually all contemporary electronic and opto-electronic devices. Recent studies of spin-dependent phenomena in semiconductors have now opened the door to technological possibilities that harness the spin of the electron in semiconductor devices. In addition to providing spin-dependent analogies that extend existing electronic devices into the realm of semiconductor "spintronics," the spin degree of freedom also offers prospects for fundamentally new functionality within the quantum domain, ranging from storage to computation. It is anticipated that the spin degree of freedom in semiconductors will play a crucial role in the development of information technologies in the 21st century. This book brings together a team of experts to provide an overview of emerging concepts in this rapidly developing field. The topics range from spin transport and injection in semiconductors and their heterostructures to coherent processes and computation in semiconductor quantum structures and microcavities.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Ferromagnetic III–V Semiconductors and Their Heterostructures....Pages 1-30
Spin Injection and Transport in Micro- and Nanoscale Devices....Pages 31-92
Electrical Spin Injection: Spin-Polarized Transport from Magnetic into Non-Magnetic Semiconductors....Pages 93-105
Spin Dynamics in Semiconductors....Pages 107-145
Optical Manipulation, Transport and Storage of Spin Coherence in Semiconductors....Pages 147-193
Spin Condensates in Semiconductor Microcavities....Pages 195-219
Spins for Quantum Information Processing....Pages 221-227
Electron Spins in Quantum Dots as Qubits for Quantum Information Processing....Pages 229-276
Regulated Single Photons and Entangled Photons From a Quantum Dot Microcavity....Pages 277-305
Back Matter....Pages 307-311

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The manipulation of electric charge in bulk semiconductors and their heterostructures forms the basis of virtually all contemporary electronic and opto-electronic devices. Recent studies of spin-dependent phenomena in semiconductors have now opened the door to technological possibilities that harness the spin of the electron in semiconductor devices. In addition to providing spin-dependent analogies that extend existing electronic devices into the realm of semiconductor "spintronics," the spin degree of freedom also offers prospects for fundamentally new functionality within the quantum domain, ranging from storage to computation. It is anticipated that the spin degree of freedom in semiconductors will play a crucial role in the development of information technologies in the 21st century. This book brings together a team of experts to provide an overview of emerging concepts in this rapidly developing field. The topics range from spin transport and injection in semiconductors and their heterostructures to coherent processes and computation in semiconductor quantum structures and microcavities.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Ferromagnetic III–V Semiconductors and Their Heterostructures....Pages 1-30
Spin Injection and Transport in Micro- and Nanoscale Devices....Pages 31-92
Electrical Spin Injection: Spin-Polarized Transport from Magnetic into Non-Magnetic Semiconductors....Pages 93-105
Spin Dynamics in Semiconductors....Pages 107-145
Optical Manipulation, Transport and Storage of Spin Coherence in Semiconductors....Pages 147-193
Spin Condensates in Semiconductor Microcavities....Pages 195-219
Spins for Quantum Information Processing....Pages 221-227
Electron Spins in Quantum Dots as Qubits for Quantum Information Processing....Pages 229-276
Regulated Single Photons and Entangled Photons From a Quantum Dot Microcavity....Pages 277-305
Back Matter....Pages 307-311
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