optospintronics en · NOUN
Etymology
From opto- + spintronics.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The (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: