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Optical Spectroscopy in Spintronics - NOOE120
Title: Optická spektroskopie ve spintronice
Guaranteed by: Department of Chemical Physics and Optics (32-KCHFO)
Faculty: Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual: from 2023
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 3
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech, English
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Guarantor: prof. RNDr. Petr Němec, Ph.D.
Annotation -
Last update: T_KCHFO (12.05.2006)
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.
Course completion requirements -
Last update: prof. RNDr. Petr Němec, Ph.D. (11.05.2023)

It is necessary to attend the classes, where the provided texts are discussed.

Literature - Czech
Last update: NEMEC (23.05.2006)

N. Samarth, An Introduction to Semiconductor Spintronics. Vol 58 of Solid State Physics (Advances in Research and Applications), Eds. H. Ehrenreich, F. Spaepen, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Boston, London, New York, 2004.

F.X. Bronold, A. Saxena, D.L. Smith, Electron Spin Dynamics in Semiconductors. Vol 58 of Solid State Physics (Advances in Research and Applications), Eds. H. Ehrenreich, F. Spaepen, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Boston, London, New York, 2004.

Semiconductor Spintronics and Quantum Computation. Eds. D. D. Awschalom, D. Loss, N. Samarth, Nanoscience and Technology, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 2002.

Optical Orientation. Eds. F. Meier, B. Zakharchenya, Vol. 8 of Modern Problems in Condensed Matter Sciences, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1984.

Spin Electronics. Eds. M. Ziese, M. J. Thornton, Lecture Notes in Physics, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 2001.

Sin-itiro Tomonaga, The Story of Spin. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, London, 1987.

Requirements to the exam -
Last update: prof. RNDr. Petr Němec, Ph.D. (11.05.2023)

The exam is oral. The knowledge requirements correspond to the topics covered.

Syllabus -
Last update: NEMEC (23.05.2006)
  • 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.
 
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