Covers the entire field of spin-related phenomena in semiconductors (both 2- and 3-dimensional)

New edition, updated to include key findings made in the past 10 years

Integrates the physics of transport phenomena and elementary magnetism in semiconductors

Professor M.I. Dyakonov worked at Ioffe Institute in St. Petersburg (1962-1998) and at University of  Montpellier (1998-2009). Presently professor emeritus at University of Montpellier. Awards: State Prize of USSR (1976), Ioffe prize of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1995), Beller Lectureship Award by American Physical Society (2009), Prix Félix Robin de la Societé Française de Physique (2009), Honorary Member, Ioffe Institute in St. Petersburg (2014),  Outstanding Referee for APS journals (2015).