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H01L 31/04 (2006.01) G11B 9/00 (2006.01) G11C 11/42 (2006.01)
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CA 2378560
The present invention uses quantum interference of one and two photon absorption from a multiple color fields to optically inject ballistic spin currents in unbiased photoconductors. The spin currents can be generated with and without an accompanying electrical current and can be controlled using the relative phase of the colors. In one aspect of the there is provided a method of generating spin currents in a photoconductor material comprising producing a first coherent light beam having a first frequency .omega.1 and a second coherent light beam having a frequency twice the first frequency 2.omega.1, polarizing the first and second coherent light beams to have a preselected polarization with respect to each other, and simultaneously irradiating a selected region of the photoconductor material with the first coherent light beam and the second coherent light beam to generate a spin current in the photoconductor. When the photoconductor has a noncentrosymmetric zincblende (T d symmetry) crystal structure a single coherent light beam can be used to obtain pure spin currents and mixed electrical and spin currents may be produced when the photoconductor has a wurtzite structure.
Bhat Ravi D.
Driel Henry Martin Van
Sipe John Edward
Bhat Ravi D.
Driel Henry Martin Van
Hill & Schumacher
Sipe John Edward
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