Overview
Microwave oscillations of the magnetization around its equilibrium are the natural dynamical response to external perturbations (e.g. thermal fluctuations, microwave fields). This offers the promise for a new class of microwave devices, benefiting from their small foot-print, their ability to be controlled electrically, and their integrability with CMOS technology. Identified devices include local oscillators, microwave filters, detectors, and non-reciprocal devices. Understanding the dynamics of these nano-objects, applying general concepts of microwave oscillator techniques and defining from this novel microwave applications is the major aim of this activity.
Research directions
Spin Transfer Torque Oscillators
We are realizing and studying microwave emitting sources based on the magnetization precession, mainly in the shape of nanopillars made out of magnetic heterostrucures. This offer the possibility to build new devices for telecommunication in the Ghz range.
The team
Former members
Post-docs
- Sylvain MOULIS
- Artem LITVINENKO
- Pankaj ZETHI
- Alumni : A. Ruiz Calafora, K. Jaimes Merazzo, K. Garcia Hernandez, C. Murapaka
PhD
- Alumni : Matthieu Favre, Jérôme Hem, Anike Purbawati
Visitors
- W.E. Bailey – Columbia University (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012), A. N. Slavin – Oakland University (2012, 2013), V. Naletov (2016)
Recent news
- Thermal noise, binary phase states and how this can be used for data encryption (October 29th, 2024)
Unbiased random bitstreams are essential for encryption, secure communication, and unconventional computing, yet true randomness without bias remains challenging in hardware. By harnessing nanoscale thermal magnetization fluctuations in spintronic nano-oscillators, the AI and RF teams ... - Portrait – Chloé CHOPIN, chercheuse post-doctorale à SPINTEC [In French] (July 29th, 2024)
![Portrait - Chloé CHOPIN, chercheuse post-doctorale à SPINTEC [In French]](https://www.spintec.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Chloe_Chopin_photo_recente-100x70.jpg)
Chloé Chopin est chercheuse post-doctorale dans l’équipe microwave devices à SPINTEC. Elle travaille pour réaliser un simulateur de calcul non-conventionnel utilisant des nano-oscillateurs spintroniques. Ses travaux sont réalisés dans le cadre du PEPR SPIN, qui ... - PhD and Postdoc offer – Exploring novel hardware approaches based on spintronics nano-oscillators for unconventional computing (February 26th, 2024)
One PhD position and one 12 months postdoc position are available for the following topic. Spintronics concepts and devices, such as magnetic tunnel junctions, offer novel low power hardware approaches for implementing unconventional computing schemes. Some ... - Portrait – Louis Farcis, doctorant à SPINTEC (February 13th, 2024)
Louis Farcis est chercheur doctoral à SPINTEC. Son travail concerne les architectures non-conventionnelles pour réaliser des calculs à base de réseaux de neurones spintroniques. Son portrait a été réalisé par l’Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de ... - Post-doctoral position – Spintorque nano-oscillators for smart communication and unconventional computing systems (June 23rd, 2023)
SPINTEC has currently several postdoc positions open to work on spintransfer-torque nano-oscillators based on magnetic tunnel junctions. Spintorque driven excitations within magnetic tunnel junctions show a large range of interesting, non-linear dynamic effects that are ...
