References & Sources - January 16, 1999

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Puddle that spins together stays together

Pools of electrons with matching spins journey surprisingly far in a semiconductor, boosting prospects for semiconductor "spintronics."

References:

Kikkawa, J.M., and D.D. Awschalom. 1999. Lateral drag of spin coherence in gallium arsenide. Nature 397(Jan. 14):139.

Further Readings:

Weiss, P. 1998. Sight unseen: Quantum errors found, fixed. Science News 154(Sept. 12):165.

Sources:

David D. Awschalom
University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of Physics
Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Sean E. Barrett
Yale University
Physics Department
Sloan Physics Laboratory
217 Prospect Street
P.O. Box 208120
New Haven, CT 06520-8120

Bruce E. Kane
University of New South Wales
School of Physics
Semiconductor Nanofabrication Facility
Sydney 2051
Australia

James M. Kikkawa
University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of Physics
Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Michael L. Roukes
California Institute of Technology 114-36
Department of Physics
Pasadena, CA 91125

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 3, January 16, 1999, p. 39. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

Copyright 1999 Science Service