[SI-LIST] FYI: Article on Spintronics--Microelectronic devices that function by using spin of the electron
- From: "Abdulrahman A. Rafiq" <arafiqsi@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 01:19:34 -0800 (PST)
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0007A735-759A-1CDD-B4A8809EC588EEDF&pageNumber=1&catID=2
June 2002 issue SpintronicsMicroelectronic devices that function by using the
spin of the electron are a nascent multibillion-dollar industry--and may lead
to quantum microchipsBy David D. Awschalom, Michael E. Flatté and Nitin Samarth
As rapid progress in the miniaturization of semiconductor electronic devices
leads toward chip features smaller than 100 nanometers in size, device
engineers and physicists are inevitably faced with the looming presence of
quantum mechanics--that counterintuitive and sometimes mysterious realm of
physics wherein wavelike properties dominate the behavior of electrons.
Pragmatists in the semiconductor device world are busy conjuring up ingenious
ways to avoid the quantum world by redesigning the semiconductor chip within
the context of "classical" electronics [see "A Vertical Leap for Microchips,"
by Thomas H. Lee; Scientific American, January]. Yet some of us believe that we
are being offered an unprecedented opportunity to define a radically new class
of device that would exploit the idiosyncrasies of the quantum world to provide
unique advantages over existing information technologies
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