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Kamra, A. (author)In this Thesis, I address the interaction of magnetic degrees of freedom with charge current and elastic dynamics in hybrid systems composed of magnetic and non-magnetic materials. The objective, invariably, is to control and study spin dynamics using charge and elastic degrees of freedom. In certain cases, an understanding of this coupling can...doctoral thesis 2015
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Chen, Y.T. (author)In this thesis, we report several effects in spintronics and spin caloritronics related to relativistic spin-orbit coupling. In Chapter 2, we discuss the relativistic spin caloritronicHall effects in terms of a semiclassical theory for anomalous thermoelectric effects in ferromagnetic metals due to spin-orbit scattering at impurities, including...doctoral thesis 2014
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Kako Joibari, F. (author)Controlling magnetization on short time scales and/or small dimensions is a hot topic in the field of spintronics, owing to its fundamental physics and its applications for information technology. The most straightforward way to control magnetization is by using an external magnetic field. However, because of the technical limitation in using a...doctoral thesis 2014
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- Alos Palop, M. (author) doctoral thesis 2013
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- Labadze, G. (author) doctoral thesis 2012
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Bretzel, S. (author)Gyromagnetic experiments, the Barnett effect (magnetization by rotation) and the Einstein-de Haas effect (rotation by magnetization), were initially devised to test the molecular current hypothesis and determine the electron g-factor at the dawn of quantum mechanics. Advances in fabrication techniques and an ever increasing control of materials...doctoral thesis 2011
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Wakker, G.M.M. (author)This thesis consists of a theoretical exploration of quantum transport phenomena and quantum dynamics in nanostructures. Specifically, we investigate adiabatic quantum pumping of charge in several novel types of nanostructures involving open quantum dots or graphene. For a bilayer of graphene we find that at the Dirac point and for a wide...doctoral thesis 2011
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Bodoky, F. (author)The goal of this thesis is to investigate theoretically the generation and behaviour of multipartite entanglement for solid-state nanosystems, in particular electron spin quantum bits (so-called 'qubits') in quantum dots. A quantum dot is a tiny potential well where a single electron can be trapped. A quantum bit can be implemented in this...doctoral thesis 2009
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- Wang, X. (author) doctoral thesis 2008
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Wetzels, W. (author)Most applications in electronics are based on manipulation of the electron charge. Currently, there is also a lot of research into the possibility to make use of the electron spin, for example in magnetoelectronics. This field of research studies hybrid systems consisting of ferromagnetic metals, paramagnetic metals and insulators. In this...doctoral thesis 2007
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Gerritsen, S. (author)In this thesis we study wave propagation in inhomogeneous media. Examples of the classical (massless) waves we consider are acoustic waves (sound) and electromagnetic waves (light, for example). Interaction with inhomogeneities embedded in a reference medium alter the propagation direction, velocity and amplitude of waves. We describe the...doctoral thesis 2007
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Usmani, O. (author)This thesis studies nanoelectromechanical systems, which are nano-to-micrometer scale oscillators coupled to electronic devices of similar dimensions.doctoral thesis 2006
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Kovalev, A.A. (author)Only charge degree of freedom is utilized in most electronic devices. The use of the spin degree of freedom is relatively recent. The discovery of the Giant Magnetoresistance (GMR) effect initiated the development of magnetoelectronics - the field that studies effects on electron transport involving the spin degree of freedom. GMR is a very...doctoral thesis 2006
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Peguiron, J. (author)In this thesis, ratchet systems operating in the quantum regime are investigated. Ratchet systems, also known as Brownian motors, are periodic systems presenting an intrinsic asymmetry which can be exploited to extract work out of unbiased forces. As a model for ratchet systems, we consider the motion of a particle in a one-dimensional periodic...doctoral thesis 2005
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- Huertas Hernando, D. (author) doctoral thesis 2002
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- Stoof, T.H. (author) doctoral thesis 1997