Spin-dependent quantum transport in semiconductor structures

• Grant number: 12/06831-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: June 01, 2012
• End date: May 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: Leonardo Kleber Castelano
• Grantee: Tiago Santiago do Espirito Santo
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Exatas e de Tecnologia (CCET). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The purpose of the present project is to study the basic properties of spin-dependent electron transport. Initially, results well established in the literature will be reproduced by different numerical methods. Afterward, the student will investigate the electronic transport through a potential that can induce a spin-flip. The results obtained from this investigation will be useful as the basis for proposals for spintronic devices, which use electron spin as an additional tool for usual electronics.(AU)