Driving the single-electron device with a magnetic field (invited)

The single-electron devices some of whose electrodes are composed of ferromagnetic metals can be driven with a magnetic field. It is based on the fact that a ferromagnetic electrode has a function as a magnetochemical or magnetoelectric coupling component in the device through the Zeeman effect on the electron spins in it. Double- and triple-small-junction devices composed of Ni and Co electrodes showed conductance oscillations typical to the single-electron device when the applied magnetic field was swept, illustrating the magnetic-field control of the device operation. A single-electron box and a single-electron pump driven with a magnetic field are described based on the functions of the ferromagnetic electrodes.