Spintronics (short for spin electronics, or spin transport electronics) exploits both the intrinsic spin of the electron and its associated magnetic moment, in addition to its fundamental electronic charge, in solid-state devices. Controlling the spin of electrons within a device can produce surprising and substantial changes in its properties. Drawing from many cutting edge fields, including physics, materials science, and electronics device technology, spintronics has provided the key concepts for many next generation information processing and transmitting technologies. This book discusses all aspects of spintronics from basic science to applications and covers: magnetic semiconductors topological insulators spin current science spin caloritronics ultrafast magnetization reversal magneto-resistance effects and devices spin transistors quantum information devices This book provides a comprehensive introduction to Spintronics for researchers and students in academia and industry.

Spintronics (short for spin electronics, or spin transportelectronics) exploits both the intrinsic spin of the electron andits associated magnetic moment, in addition to its fundamentalelectronic charge, in solid-state devices. Controlling the spin ofelectrons within a device can produce surprising and substantialchanges in its properties.Drawing from many cutting edge fields, including physics, materialsscience, and electronics device technology, spintronics hasprovided the key concepts for many next generation informationprocessing and transmitting technologies. This book discusses allaspects of spintronics from basic science to applications andcovers:* magnetic semiconductors* topological insulators* spin current science* spin caloritronics* ultrafast magnetization reversal* magneto-resistance effects and devices* spin transistors* quantum information devicesThis book provides a comprehensive introduction to Spintronicsfor researchers and students in academia and industry.

List of ContributorsSeries PrefacePrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: Fundamentals of magnetoresistance effectsK. TakanashiChapter 2: Spintronics Materials with High Spin PolarizationY.K. Takahashi and K. HonoChapter 3: Spin currentEijih SaitohChapter 4: Spin Hall effect and inverse spin Hall effectShuichi MurakamiChapter 5: Spin torque (domain wall drive, magnetization reversal)Akinobu YamaguchiChapter 6: Spin PumpingMatthias Althammer, Mathias Weiler, Hans Huebl, and Sebastian T.B.GoennenweinChapter 7: Spin Seebeck effectJiang XiaoChapter8: Spin conversion at magnetic interfacesTomoyasu TaniyamaChapter 9: Carbon-based SpintronicsMasashi ShiraishiChapter 10: Silicon spintronics for next-generation devicesKohei HamayaChapter 11: Electric-field control of magnetism in ferromagnetic semiconductorsTomoteru FukumuraChapter 12: Quantum information processing using nitrogen-vacancy centres in diamondNorikazu MizuochiChapter 13: Ultrafast light-induced spin reversal in amorphous rare earth-transition metal alloy filmsArata SukamotoIndex