Research report 2008 - Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research

Symmetries and Spins

Authors
Ast, Christian R.; Kern, Klaus
Departments

Abteilung Kern (Physik) (Prof. Dr. Klaus Kern)
MPI für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart

Summary
Symmetries play an important role in science as well as in every day life. They are regarded as esthetic and they can be used to simplify problems. On the other hand, a reduction of symmetries may lead to the consequence that certain properties of a system become discernable. In the field of spintronics this is used to manipulate the electron spin without the use of magnetic fields. The design and characterization of nanostructures relevant for spintronics are studied in the Department of Prof. Kern and the Emmy-Noether-Research-Group "Electronic structure at surfaces and interfaces".

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