Introduction to Spintronics

"... a perfect, quantitative introduction to the field, with coverage of all important contemporary topics. Besides scientists and engineers working in the fields of spintronics, nanoelectronics, and quantum computing, this book will especially benefit undergraduate and beginning graduate students who have not been exposed to more rigorous training in quantum mechanics. For beginning students, the first five chapters cover the quantum mechanics of spin angular momentum, Dirac and Pauli equations, Bloch sphere, and density matrix. The rest of the book logically builds on this foundation-the authors take the reader by the hand and lead her/him through the detailed derivations from the basic expressions to the equations describing the physics of contemporary spintronic devices."
-Boris M. Vulovic, Lecturer, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, and Senior Research Engineer, APIC Corporation, Culver City, California, USA

"... provides a useful introduction to spintronics and nanomagnetism for beginning graduate students. The authors are well established in their field and naturally bring a technical perspective from being active in research."
-Avik Ghosh, University of Virginia

"The book gives a generous broad overview of spintronics. It sets off from the basic quantum mechanics needed and subsequently moves systematically to higher experts levels to make the reader comfortable with current ideas and relevant research literature in this dynamic field."
-Karl-Fredrik Berggren, Linkoeping University, Sweden

"... provides sufficient knowledge and understanding in the field of spintronic devices for researchers and students in academics and industry. ... I am sure this book will provide a very good platform for further development of spintronics research and education.
-Saroj Prasad Dash, Chalmers University of Technology

"... amazingly comprehensive coverage ... most welcome to not only those planning to but also those already working in this field of research and technology. ... provides all that a novice graduate student needs to learn to rapidly attain a practical working knowledge of spintronics. Other readers of this book will gain a better understanding of the physics behind the most recent developments in spintronics."
-David J. Lockwood, National Research Council Canada

"... an elegant and logical flow among the different topics, which makes it more accessible to broad audience. Basic spin concepts illustrated by a comprehensive set of updated experimental evidences of spin effects in solid state materials are now clearly presented together with proposals for applications in quantum information processing. Overall, this is a great textbook for scientists and engineers as well as laymen, who want to familiarize themselves with this fascinating and emerging field of device physics."
-Jean-Pierre Leburton, Gregory Stillman Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Professor of Physics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science& Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.