Spin Electronics

1. Spin Electronics—Is It the Technology of the Future?.- 2. Materials for Semiconductor Spin Electronics.- 3. Fabrication and Characterization of Magnetic Nanostructures.- 4. Spin Injection, Spin Transport and Spin Transfer.- 5. Optoelectronic Manipulation of Spin in Semiconductors.- 6. Magnetoelectronic Devices.- Appendices.- A. Appendix A. Biographies of Team Members.- B. Appendix B. Site Reports—Europe.- Johannes Kepler University.- Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/THALES.- INESC.- RWTH Aachen.- University of Hamburg.- University of Twente.- University of Basel.- University of Wuerzburg.- University of Hamburg.- IMEC.- QinetiQ.- Trinity College.- Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine.- University of Cambridge.- University of Cambridge.- University of Glasgow.- University of Nottingham.- University of Regensburg.- C. Appendix C. Site Reports — Japan.- University of Tokyo.- The Institute for Solid State Physics.- Tokyo Institute of Technology.- Tokyo Institute of Technology.- Waseda University.- Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology.- Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology (KAST).- Tokyo Institute of Technology.- Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd..- NTT Basic Research Laboratory.- NEC Fundamental Research Laboratories (FRL).- Joint Research Center for Atom Technology (JRCAT).- Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.- University of Tokyo, Department of Physics.- University of Tokyo, Department of Electrical Engineering.- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research.- Osaka University.- Tohoku University, Research Institute of Electrical Communication (RIEC).- Tohoku University, Department of Applied Physics.- Tohoku University, Department of Materials Science.- Tohoku University.- D. Appendix D. Highlights of Recent U.S. Research andDevelopment Activities.- E. Appendix E. Glossary.- F. Appendix F. Index of Sites.