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Holes in Silicon Hold On to Their Spin

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Ron Jansen, Physics 6, 33 (2013) – Published March 18, 2013
New experiments show that holes in silicon can transport spin over surprisingly large distances, adding p-type semiconductors to the toolkit of materials for spintronics.
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Tunneling with the Help of Photons

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Published August 16, 2012
Terahertz radiation can control electron transport through quantum dots.
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A Well-Rounded Life for an Electron Spin

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Michael E. Flatté, Physics 4, 73 (2011) – Published September 19, 2011
Electric-field control of the spin-orbit field in [111] quantum wells lengthens the spin coherence time.
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Squabbling spins in silicon

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Published November 1, 2010
Dopant impurities may adversely affect the coherence of quantum bits in even highly purified silicon wafers.
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Spin Hall effect goes electrical

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Jairo Sinova, Physics 3, 82 (2010) – Published October 4, 2010
The ability to detect the spin Hall effect electrically could make an obscure but intriguing effect more accessible to research.
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Berry’s phase and quantization in topological insulators

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M. Zahid Hasan, Physics 3, 62 (2010) – Published July 26, 2010
The exactly quantized magneto-optical response of a topological insulator is a direct result of the Berry phase protected states on its surface.
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Spins control spins

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Published June 18, 2010
Nuclear spins may enable enhanced control of electron spins in quantum information devices.
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Noisy spins

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Published April 19, 2010
Ever present fluctuations in semiconductors can be utilized as a demolition-free spectroscopic probe to study ultrafast spin dynamics.