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.