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   COLLOQUIUM OF THE LABORATORY FOR COMPUTER DESIGN OF MATERIALS        
        Institute for Computational Sciences and Informatics	
                           (CSI 898-Sec 001) 
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        Spintronics: Information Storage and Transfer by Spins of 
                         Conduction Electrons

                            Jaroslav Fabian
      Physics Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD  

Spintronics is a new field of electronics where electron spins, rather
than charge, is the active element for information storage and transfer.
In spintronic devices (like spin transistors), information is first encoded
into electron spins in a ferromagnetic electrode (say, bit 1 is spin up, 
bit 0 is spin down), then it is injected from the electrode into a nonmagnetic
material (like aluminum or copper) where the spin-polarized electrons wander
around until,finally, they reach another ferromagnetic electrode where their 
spin state (information) is read. In the talk, I will discuss in detail the
physical processes that are involved in the above operational scheme, give 
some examples of the practical use of spintronic devices, and say a few
words about my own contribution to the field.

                         Monday , February 14, 2000
                                  4:30 pm
                        Room 206, Science & Tech. I

Refreshments will be served.
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