ELEG467/667 SPINTRONICS - University of Delaware - FALL 2004

Instructor: Prof. Ian Appelbaum

Office Hours: Mon. 9-11A 217C Evans

Phone: x3295

email: appelbaum@ee.udel.edu

Left to right: Prof. Appelbaum, Michael Teitelbaum, Ralitsa Dragomirova, Lai Jiang, Lubna Shah, Takahiro Moriyama, Jun Wan, Weigang Wang, Rong Cao, and Gokce Cehreli. Not present: Banjo Oriade

• Sections 1 and 2
  • Powerpoint slides
  • Background
    • Dirac Equation
    • Pauli Matrices(p75-79)
• Problem Set 1
  • Stern-Gerlach Data
  • IEEE MRFM article/Single-electron MFRM
• Homework 1 solutions
• Sections 3 and 4
  • Powerpoint slides
  • Background
    • SWR article
    • Helimagnetism
    • Permalloy, Permendur, Invar, etc.
• Problem Set 2
• Homework 2 solutions
  • Problem 2 solution
  • Problem 3 solution
• Sections 5 and 6
  • Powerpoint slides
• Problem Set 3
• Homework 3 solutions
• Sections 7 and 8
  • Powerpoint slides
  • Background
    • T1=T2
• Problem Set 4
• Problem Set 4 solutions
• Sections 9 and 10
  • Powerpoint slides
  • Background
    • Johnson-Silsbee experiment paper (1985)
    • Spin diffusion paper (vanSon)
    • spin-dependent scattering review (Fabian)
    • First GMR observation (Baibich and Fert)
    • Oscillatory exchange coupling (Parkin)
    • SEMPA RKKY (Celotta)
• Problem Set 5:
• Problem Set 5 solutions
• Homework 5 Optional problem solution
• Preprint (PRB) on Monte-Carlo method for Tunnel Junctions, Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy, and Metal-Base Transistors
• Section 11
  • Powerpoint slides
  • Background
    • Simmons tunneling formula
    • WKB
    • (.avi movies from presentation here)
    • Dirac eqn -> spin-orbit interaction
• Suggested presentation topics
• Presentation photos
• Strauss latex instructions
• Presentations (MS Powerpoint)
  • Presentation 1
    • Banjo Oriade: AMR
    • Weigang Wang: CPP-GMR
    • Rong Cao: Spin Hall Effect
    • Michael Teitelbaum: GMR enhancement
    • Jun Wan: GMR read head design
    • Lai Jiang: Noise in MTJs
    • Takahiro Moriyama: Magnetic Tunnel Junction RAM
    • Ralitsa Dragomirova: Quantum Computation with electron spin
    • Gokce Cehreli: Spin Torque
    • Lubna Shah: Collossal MagnetoResistance
  • Presentation 2
    • Banjo Oriade: Spin scattering in III-V semiconductors
    • Weigang Wang: Interface vs. Bulk effects in MTJs
    • Rong Cao: Nanotube Spintronics
    • Michael Teitelbaum: Nanomagnetic logic gates
    • Jun Wan: Beating the superparamagnetic limit
    • Lai Jiang: MR in chalcogenides
    • Takahiro Moriyama: Tunnel MR in organic semiconductors
    • Ralitsa Dragomirova: single-shot readout of spin in mesoscopic quantum dots
    • Gokce Cehreli: MgO barriers for MTJs
    • Lubna Shah: Ballistic Magnetoresistance
• Final Papers
  • Weigang Wang: Interface vs. Bulk effects in MTJs
  • Rong Cao: Spin Hall Effect
  • Michael Teitelbaum: GMR enhancement
  • Jun Wan: Beating the superparamagnetic limit
  • Lai Jiang: Spin-Polarized Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
  • Takahiro Moriyama: MTJ RAM
  • Ralitsa Dragomirova: single-shot readout of spin in mesoscopic quantum dots
  • Gokce Cehreli: MgO barriers for MTJs
  • Lubna Shah: Ballistic Magnetoresistance

Anonymous Suggestion Box

University of Delaware | College of Engineering | Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering