Spin-orbit coupling in zno-based quantum systems with wurtzite structure

• Grant number: 08/58157-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: March 01, 2010
• End date: February 28, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: José Carlos Egues de Menezes
• Grantee: Ji Yong Fu
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Here we present research plans to investigate the spin-orbit coupling in quantum heterostructures made out of the wuttzite-type oxide semiconductor ZnO, a promising system for spintronics given its predicted ferromagnetic properties. We shall consider ZnO (AU)