Spin dynamics in semiconductors [Elektronisk resurs] / M.W. Wu, J.H. Jiang and M.Q. Weng

• This article reviews the current status of spin dynamics in semiconductors which has achieved much progress in the recent years due to the fast growing field of semiconductor spintronics. The primary focus is on the theoretical and experimental developments of spin relaxation and dephasing in both spin precession in the time domain and spin diffusion and transport in the spatial domain. A fully microscopic many-body investigation on spin dynamics based on the kinetic spin Bloch equation approach is comprehensively reviewed.

Keyword

Spin dynamics

Spin-orbit coupling

Spin relaxation

Spin dephasing

Spin diffusion

Spin transport

Electron-electron Coulomb scattering

Magnetic semiconductors

Magnetization dynamics

Ultrafast phenomena

Quantum well

Quantum wire

Quantum dot

Many-body effect

High field effect