Yuriy V. Pershin
Assistant Professor
PSC 503Physics and Astronomy
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina 29208
(803) 777-5073
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Education
- Ph. D.
Research Interests
My field of research is computational/theoretical nanophysics. Current research concerns investigation of charge and spin transport in molecules, semiconductor structures and other submicron electronic devices. This work includes investigation of fundamental aspects of transport in nano-scale systems, electron and nuclear spin relaxation mechanisms, simulation of dynamic of spin systems, study the influence of nuclear spin polarization on the electron system and vice-versa. Some of this work has focused on novel approaches to semiconductor device functioning, e.g. potential applications of nanostructures to quantum information and quantum computing. I am also interested in different aspects of transport in biological systems.
Some recent projects have investigated: radiation-induced currents in quantum wires and quantum rings; propagation of spin polarized electrons through boundary between different semiconductors; electron spin relaxation in antidot lattices; measuring nuclear spin polarization by electron current; quantum computing with nuclear spins in mesoscopic systems.
Selected Publications
- Spin memristive systems: Spin memory effects in semiconductor spintronics, Yu. V. Pershin and M. Di Ventra, Phys. Rev. B 78, 113309 (2008)
- Laser-Controlled Local Magnetic Field with Semiconductor Quantum Rings, Yu. V. Pershin and C. Piermarocchi, Phys. Rev. B 72, 245331 (2005).
- Dynamics of Spin Relaxation near the Edge of Two-Dimensional Electron Gas, Yu. V. Pershin, Physica E 27, 77 (2005).
- Polarization of Nuclear Spins from the Conductance of Quantum Wire, J. A. Nesteroff, Yu. V. Pershin and V. Privman, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 126601 (2004).
- Focusing of Spin Polarization in Semiconductors by Inhomogeneous Doping, Yu. V. Pershin and V. Privman, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 256602 (2003).