optospintronics

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noun

The (study of the) interaction of light with spin polarization (spintronics)

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Meanings

nounoptospintronics (uncountable)
  1. uncountablenatural sciencesThe (study of the) interaction of light with spin polarization (spintronics)

    An emerging branch of electronics, the optospintronics, would be highly boosted if the control of magnetic order by light is implemented in magnetic semiconductors nanostructures being compatible with the actual technology.

    2016, I. Lorite, Y. Kumar, P. Esquinazi, S. Friedländer, A. Pöppl, T. Michalsky, J. Meijer, M. Grundmann, T. Meyer, I. Estrela-Lopis, “Photo-enhanced magnetization in Fe-doped ZnO nanowires”, in arXiv

Origin

From opto- + spintronics.

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optospintronics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/optospintronics

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