We review the current hopes for applications of exciton–polaritons in semiconductor
microcavities. These quasi-particles have become distinguished in recent years for a variety …

Spintronics refers commonly to phenomena in which the spin of electrons in a solid state
environment plays the determining role. In a more narrow sense spintronics is an emerging …

Quantum interference effects in rings provide suitable means for controlling spin at
mesoscopic scales. Here we apply such control mechanisms to coherent spin-dependent …

We point out that the Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit interactions in two dimensions can
be regarded as a Yang-Mills non-Abelian gauge field. The physical field generated by the …

Control of conductance in molecular junctions is of key importance in the growing field of
molecular electronics. The current in these junctions is often controlled by an electric gate …

Ever since its discovery, the electron spin has only been measured or manipulated through
the application of an electromagnetic force acting on the associated magnetic moment. In …

We investigate the effect of Rashba spin-orbit coupling and of a tunnel barrier on the zero-
conductance resonances appearing in a one-dimensional conducting Aharonov-Bohm (AB) …

We study electron transport through an Aharonov-Bohm (AB) interferometer with a
noninteracting quantum dot in each of its arms. Both a magnetic flux ϕ threading through the …

The Schrödinger equation for an electron in a mesoscopic ring, in the presence of the
Rashba and linear Dresselhaus terms of the spin-orbit interaction (SOI) and of a magnetic …

The study of nanospintronic devices utilizing coherent transport through molecular scale
multiply connected geometries in the presence of moderate magnetic fields is presented. It is …