Spin-dependent transport and electronic correlations in nanostructures (SPINTRA)

The project SPINTRA is designed to develop fundamental research in creating, storing, manipulating and transporting the electron spin using hybrid ferromagnet/semiconductor structures and multilayers. 10 teams from 7 different countries participate in the project. They are experts in fabrication of various magnetic nanodevices, in measurements of spin-dependent transport and in calculations of electronic transport, noise and current induced switching effects in magnetic nanodevices. The consortium plans to design and fabricate spin filters and detectors – fundamental elements for spintronics devices. The project SPINTRA also includes investigations of current-induced dynamics and switching effects in various magnetic nanostructures.

Ten teams of the joint SPINTRA project will focus their studies on two objectives:

1. Research of spin-polarized transport in hybrid nanostructures: fabrication of spin filters and detectors

2. Research of correlated electronic transport and current induced magnetic switching in nanoscale devices.

Project Leader

  • Bogdan Bulka
    Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Molecular Physics, Poznan, PL

Principal Investigators

  • Farkhad Aliev
    Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias, Depto Fisica de la Materia Condensada, C III, Madrid, ES
  • Jozef Barnas
    Adam Mickiewicz University, Department of Physics, Poznan, PL
  • Tomasz Dietl
    Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics and College of Science, Warszawa, PL
  • Vit Novak
    Institute of Physics AS CR, Prague, CZ
  • Gunther Springholz
    Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Institut für Halbleiter- und Festkörperphysik, Linz, AT
  • Arturo Tagliacozzo
    Universita' di Napoli  "Federico II"  Facoltà di Scienze, Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Napoli, IT
  • Chris Van Haesendonck
    Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Laboratory of Solid-State Physics and Magnetism, Department of Physics, Leuven, BE

Associated Partners

  • Bryan Gallagher
    University of Nottingham, School of Physics and Astronomy  Nottingham, UK
  • Joerg Wunderlich
    Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, UK