RECENT RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
- Spin Injection Hall Effect: we study a new member of the spintronics Hall effect family in which directional
specific spin-helix exciations are combined with optical spin injection
and anomalous Hall effect to create a new device with real potential as
a realizable room temperature spin-FET. The work is reported in Nature Physics 5, 675 (2009), News and Views, Nature Physics 5, 630 (2009)).
- Infrared Magneto-optical effects in diluted magnetic semiconductors: we team with the experimental group of SUNY at Buffalo to measure for the first time the strong magneto-optical Kerr and Faraday effects at the infrared regime which we predicted in 2003. The work is reported in Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 137201 (2009).
- Review of Anomalous Hall effect: We have written, together with collaborators, the most recent and extensive
review of anomalous Hall effect, spanning both experiments and theory.
The modern connection to Berry's phase physics is a primary focus of the
review. This work will appear in Review of Modern Physics (2009); arXiv:0904.4154.
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Prof. Jairo Sinova
Physics Department
4242 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4242
Tel: (979) 845-4179
Jairo Sinova's Curriculum Vitae
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Welcome to the spintronics and nanoelectronics research group of Jairo
Sinova. As a condensed matter theory group we are interested on physical
phenomena of many body systems in which the behavior of the collective
system is quite different and unique from the behavior of its individual
components. Condensed matter physics is a vast field of physics which
provides endless opportunities. Our group has focused over the past few years on
the subfield of spintronics and mesoscopic electronic transport. These
fields study the effects coupling the spin and charge degrees of freedom
of the electron has on bulk properties of materials as well as transport and
optical phenomena. Some of our main contributions to this field are related
to spin Hall effects and diluted magnetic semiconductor physics. New avenues
are always opening ahead, with novel and unforeseen connections to other
points of views and topics.
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TEACHING AND EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTS
Our group has developed the TAMU APPEAL program which
introduces a new methodology in teaching the sophemore level physics courses.
The goal is to reach a higher level of sophistication and a more physicist like approach to learning and
discovering physics which will help you build a smoother transition to the more advance courses.
All the material developed for the PHYS 221 course, including all the videos of the lectures, activities, and student interactions, together with descriptions of the implementation
and teaching techniques are available in the course website. This development was
primarely funded by NSF and the Research Corporation and done in collaboration with the developers of the
Paradigm Physics program.
Teaching assignment for the Spring 2010 Semester: PHYS 218, Mechanics
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Research supported by:
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Texas A&M University Physics Department
College Station, TX 77843-4242 | (979) 845-7717 |
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