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Nature Physics 5, 12 - 13 (2009)
doi:10.1038/nphys1173

Subject Category: Electronics, photonics and device physics

Spintronics: Electric spin orchestra

Yasuhiro Tokura1

  1. Yasuhiro Tokura is at the Basic Research Laboratories, NTT Corporation and Quantum Spin Information Project, ICORP–JST, Atsugi-shi, 243-0198, Japan.
    e-mail: tokura@nttbrl.jp


Localized electron spins can be manipulated electrically through electric-dipole spin resonance. The ensemble of mechanisms involved has now been brought under the baton of a unifying theoretical description.

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