Syllabus
- Spin in solid state materials.
- Spin in semiconductors and metals.
- Methods of generation and detection of spin-polarized carriers in metals and semiconductors.
- Principle of optical generation of spin-polarized carriers in semiconductors.
- Relaxation and dephasing of spin.
- Physical mechanisms responsible for spin relaxation and dephasing.
- Experimental methods of optical spectroscopy, examples of typical results.
- Spintronics - current and envisioned applications.
Annotation
Spin in solid state materials. Methods of generation and detection of spin-polarized carriers in metals and semiconductors.
Mechanisms of spin relaxation. Experimental methods of optical spectroscopy, examples of typical results.
Current and envisioned applications.