New spintronic device could increase computer speed
OCT 21, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024764
New Scientist : An all-electric spintronic semiconductor device has been created by Paul Crowell of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and his coworkers. Although spintronic personal computers are still a long way off, electron spin is gradually becoming the universal language of computation. Crowell and his team are the first to develop a simple, all-electric method to both generate and detect spin currents within a standard semiconductor. New Scientist‘s Kate McAlpine explains the team’s findings; the research has been published in Physical Review Letters .
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