Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor
Description: Provides an overview of contemporary issues in nanoscale magnetism and spin-dependent phenomena in solids, including the fundamentals of magnetism, magnetism in reduced dimensions, novel magnetic materials, spin-polarized transport, spin coherence in semicon- ductors, magnetization dynamics, and device applica- tions. Students whose research is related to materials and nanoscale systems physics receive a letter grade; other students receive a letter grade or
Cross-listing: Cross-listed with PHYS 235.
Credit: Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grade.