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Methods of Laser Spectroscopy in Semiconductor Spintronics - NOOE121

Title:	Metody laserové spektroskopie v polovodičové spintronice
Guaranteed by:	Department of Chemical Physics and Optics (32-KCHFO)
Faculty:	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual:	from 2023
Semester:	both
E-Credits:	3
Hours per week, examination:	2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity:	unlimited
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	taught
Language:	Czech, English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time
Note:	you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester

Guarantor:	prof. RNDr. Petr Němec, Ph.D.

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Annotation -

Last update: T_KCHFO (12.05.2006)

Principle of optical generation of spin-polarized carriers in semiconductors, mechanisms of spin decoherence. Methods of laser spectroscopy, experimental setup, interpretation of the results. Utilization of time-resolved methods for spin relaxation mesurements in semiconductors and their nanostructures.

Aim of the course -

Last update: prof. RNDr. Petr Němec, Ph.D. (11.05.2023)

This is a more advanced course on spintronics that is primarily intended for doctoral students interested in time-resolved laser spectroscopy and its applications to the study of magnetically ordered materials.

Course completion requirements -

Last update: prof. RNDr. Petr Němec, Ph.D. (11.05.2023)

It is necessary to attend the classes, where the provided texts are discussed.

Literature - Czech

Last update: NEMEC (23.05.2006)

N. Samarth, An Introduction to Semiconductor Spintronics. Vol 58 of Solid State Physics (Advances in Research and Applications), Eds. H. Ehrenreich, F. Spaepen, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Boston, London, New York, 2004.

F.X. Bronold, A. Saxena, D.L. Smith, Electron Spin Dynamics in Semiconductors. Vol 58 of Solid State Physics (Advances in Research and Applications), Eds. H. Ehrenreich, F. Spaepen, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Boston, London, New York, 2004.

Semiconductor Spintronics and Quantum Computation. Eds. D. D. Awschalom, D. Loss, N. Samarth, Nanoscience and Technology, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 2002.

Optical Orientation. Eds. F. Meier, B. Zakharchenya, Vol. 8 of Modern Problems in Condensed Matter Sciences, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1984.

Spin Electronics. Eds. M. Ziese, M. J. Thornton, Lecture Notes in Physics, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 2001.

Sin-itiro Tomonaga, The Story of Spin. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, London, 1987.

Requirements to the exam -

Last update: prof. RNDr. Petr Němec, Ph.D. (11.05.2023)

The exam is oral. The knowledge requirements correspond to the topics covered.

Syllabus -

Last update: prof. RNDr. Petr Němec, Ph.D. (11.05.2023)

Spin in semiconductors.

Methods for generation of spin-polarized carriers.

Principle of optical generation of spin-polarized carriers.

Mechanisms of spin decoherence.

Methods of laser spectroscopy – time-resolved photoluminescence, Faraday and Kerr rotation, pump-probe technique.

Experimental setups, interpretation of the results.

Examples of experiments.