Spin tunnelling transport and quantum effects in magnetic nanostructures

磁性纳米结构中的自旋隧穿输运和量子效应。“自旋电子学”的一个新领域利用了电子的自旋，使电子学发生了革命性的变化，导致了量子器件的出现。通过理解材料中电子自旋的行为，我们可以学习固态物理学的新基础，这将导致新一代电子、光电和磁电子设备。本项目旨在利用量子统计方法研究不同磁性纳米结构（如铁磁体/半导体/铁磁体结）中的自旋隧穿输运和噪声，以及相关的量子效应。该项目的成果对澳大利亚纳米结构和量子信息/计算的研究具有重要意义。

Spin tunnelling transport and quantum effects in magnetic nanostructures. A new field of "spintronics" takes advantage of the spin of electrons and revolutionises electronics leading to quantum devices. By understanding the behaviour of electron spin in materials we can learn new fundamentals in solid-state physics that will lead to a new generation of electronic, optoelectronic and magneto-electronic devices. The aim of this project is to study the spin tunnelling transport and noise, and related quantum effects in various magnetic nanostructures, such as ferromagnet/semiconductor/ferromagnet junctions, using quantum statistics approsches. The outcome of the project is of considerable relevance to the researches of nanostructure and quantum information/computation in Australia.