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Spin transistors (whose on-off operation is achieved by electric-field-controlled spin orientation 1), if realized, can revolutionize modern electronics through the implementation of a faster and a more energy-efficient performance as well…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-16 Shengwei Jiang , Lizhong Li , Zefang Wang , Jie Shan , Kin Fai Mak

We show that spin-orbit coupling in a quantum dot molecule allows for coherent manipulation of two electron spin states using Raman transitions. Such two-electron spin states defined by the singlet and triplet states of two exchange coupled…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Hakan E. Türeci , J. M. Taylor , A. Imamoglu

We demonstrate an electric-field control of tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) effect in a semiconductor quantum-dot (QD) spin-valve device. By using ferromagnetic Ni nano-gap electrodes, we observe the Coulomb blockade oscillations at a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 K. Hamaya , M. Kitabatake , K. Shibata , M. Jung , M. Kawamura , K. Hirakawa , T. Machida , S. Ishida , Y. Arakawa

Electron transport through a three-electrode triple-quantum-dot ring with the source electrode of spin-dependent splitting of chemical potentials (spin bias) is theoretically investigated. We find clear charge and spin currents in the drain…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-09-24 Weijiang Gong , Xuefeng Xie , Yu Han , Guozhu Wei

Room temperature operation of a spin exclusive or (XOR) gate was demonstrated in lateral spin valve devices with nondegenerate silicon (Si) channels. The spin XOR gate is a fundamental part of the magnetic logic gate (MLG) that enables…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-04-15 R. Ishihara , Y. Ando , S. Lee , M. Goto , S. Miwa , Y. Suzuki , H. Koike , M. Shiraishi

Results of calculations and high source-drain transport measurements are presented which demonstrate voltage-tunable entanglement of electron pairs in lateral quantum dots. At a fixed magnetic field, the application of a judiciously-chosen…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Jordan Kyriakidis , M. Pioro-Ladriere , M. Ciorga , A. S. Sachrajda , P. Hawrylak

We present a proposal for a fully electrically controllable quantum dot based spin current injector. The device consists of a quantum dot that is strongly coupled to a ferromagnetic electrode on one side and weakly coupled to a nonmagnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-10-23 Szabolcs Csonka , Ireneusz Weymann , Gergely Zarand

Metal-insulator transitions (MITs) in resistive switching materials can be triggered by an electric stimulus that produces significant changes in the electrical response. When these phases have distinct magnetic characteristics, dramatic…

Lanthanide atoms show long magnetic lifetimes because of their strongly localized 4f electrons, but electrical control of their spins has been difficult because of their closed valence shell configurations. We achieved electron spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-25 Gregory Czap , Kyungju Noh , Jairo Velasco , Roger M. Macfarlane , Harald Brune , Christopher P. Lutz

Correlations between the localized and conductive spins/charges have been the central issue of various fascinating quantum phenomena found on itinerant electron systems. Here, the obvious multiplet structures are presented on the Mn 2$p$ to…

Spin-triplet superconductivity is a key platform for topological quantum computing, yet its experimental realization and control in solid-state materials remain a significant challenge. For this purpose, we propose an ultrafast optical…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-12-29 Zecheng Shen , Chendi Xie , Wei-Chih Chen , Yao Wang

We report on the fabrication and transport characterization of atomically-precise single molecule devices consisting of a magnetic porphyrin covalently wired by graphene nanoribbon electrodes. The tip of a scanning tunneling microscope was…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-16 Jingcheng Li , Niklas Friedrich , Nestor Merino , Dimas G. de Oteyza , Diego Peña , David Jacob , Jose Ignacio Pascual

Electron tunneling in ferromagnetic single-electron transistors is considered theoretically in the sequential tunneling regime. A new formalism is developed, which operates in a two-dimensional space of states, instead of one-dimensiona…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 J. Barnas , J. Martinek , G. Michalek , B. R. Bulka , A. Fert

We show that the magnetization dynamics in diluted magnetic semiconductors can be controlled separately from the static magnetization by means of an electric field. The spin-lattice relaxation (SLR) time of magnetic Mn2+ ions was tuned by…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 M. K. Kneip , D. R. Yakovlev , M. Bayer , T. Slobodskyy , G. Schmidt , L. W. Molenkamp

Embedding a magnetic electroactive molecule in a three-terminal junction allows for the fast and local electric field control of magnetic properties desirable in spintronic devices and quantum gates. Here, we provide an example of this…

We demonstrate spin-accumulation signals controlled by the gate voltage in a metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor structure with a Si channel and a CoFe/$n^{+}$-Si contact at room temperature. Under the application of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-01-31 Y. Ando , Y. Maeda , K. Kasahara , S. Yamada , K. Masaki , Y. Hoshi , K. Sawano , K. Izunome , A. Sakai , M. Miyao , K. Hamaya

We examine transport through a quantum dot coupled to three ferromagnetic leads in the regime of weak tunnel coupling. A finite source-drain voltage generates a nonequilibrium spin on the otherwise non-magnetic quantum dot. This spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-09-28 Daniel Urban , Matthias Braun , Jürgen König

Recent advances in scanning tunneling microscopy have enabled quantum-coherent control of single surface spins via all-electric electron spin resonance (ESR). Such control requires magnetoelectric coupling, since spin resonance is a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-31 Xue Zhang , Jose Reina-Gálvez , Di'an Wu , Jan Martinek , Andreas J. Heinrich , Taeyoung Choi , Christoph Wolf

We propose a model to explore the dynamics of spin-systems coupled by exchange interaction to the conduction band electrons of a semiconductor material that forms the channel in a ferromagnet/semiconductor/ferromagnet spin-valve structure.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-11-04 L. Siddiqui , D. Saha , S. Datta , P. Bhattacharya

Controlling spin current and magnetic exchange coupling by applying an electric field and achieving high spin injection efficiency at the same time in a nanostructure coupled to ferromagnetic electrodes have been the outstanding challenges…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-13 Kamal B Dhungana , Ranjit Pati