Electronic spin working mechanically (Review Article)
Journal article, 2014
A single-electron tunneling (SET) device with a nanoscale central island that can move with respect to the bulk source- and drain electrodes allows for a nanoelectromechanical (NEM) coupling between the electrical current through the device and mechanical vibrations of the island. Although an electromechanical “shuttle” instability and the associated phenomenon of single-electron shuttling were predicted more than 15 years ago, both theoretical and experimental studies of NEM-SET structures are still carried out. New functionalities based on quantum coherence, Coulomb correlations and coherent electron-spin dynamics are of particular current interest. In this article we present a short review of recent activities in this area.
single electron tunneling
nanoelectromechanics
spintronics
Author
Robert I. Shekhter
University of Gothenburg
Leonid Gorelik
Chalmers, Applied Physics, Condensed Matter Theory
Ilya V. Krive
Kharkiv National University
B Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering Nasu
M. N. Kiselev
Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Sergeij I. Kulinich
B Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering Nasu
Anton V. Parafilo
B Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering Nasu
K. Kikoin
Tel Aviv University
Mats Jonson
University of Gothenburg
Low Temperature Physics
1063-777X (ISSN) 1090-6517 (eISSN)
Vol. 40 7 600-614Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Condensed Matter Physics
DOI
10.1063/1.4887060