PhD position – Spin transfer torque magnetic field sensing (June 14th, 2024)
Topic PhD scholarship to work on a novel sensing approach exploring spin transfer torque (STT) for magnetic field sensing in perpendicular anisotropy magnetic tunnel junctions. The project aims at high-density low power consumption sensors, departing from and improving on conventional magnetoresistive sensors. Candidate with mandatory University Master degree with following profile: Physics, Engineering, Material Science […]
Read moreA new altermagnetic material with remarkable properties for spintronics (June 13th, 2024)
Scientists from an international consortium have demonstrated experimentally and theoretically the altermagnetic character of the material Mn5Si3, proving the incomparable advantage of this type of zero-magnetization magnetic phase: the strong spintronic effects associated with it are based on non-relativistic physics. Real space: Magnetic and crystalline structure of Mn5Si3. Reciprocal space: shifts in the electronic bands […]
Read moreOn Wednesday June 19th 2024, we have the pleasure to welcome in SPINTEC Andy THOMAS of IFW Dresden. He will give us a seminar at 11:00 am entitled : In-situ transport investigations in a (Lorentz-)TEM Place : IRIG/SPINTEC, auditorium 445 CEA Building 10.05 (access to CEA requires an entry authorization. Request it before June 09th […]
Read moreMore topology in quantum electronic circuits (May 13th, 2024)
In the framework of the French-German laboratory association between SPINTEC and the IFW Dresden (CNRS International Research Project « SPINMAT »), and in collaboration with the C2N institute and the university of Würzburg, a novel plateform was implemented to reveal the non-hermitian topology of scalable quantum electronic circuits. It opens some new perspectives to realize […]
Read moreRecruiting a post-doctoral researcher on the combination of gate voltage and ultrafast laser pulses to control magnetic skyrmions (May 13th, 2024)
Context: In the frame of the Chirex project of the PEPR Spin, Spintec laboratory is opening a postdoctoral researcher position. The candidate will work on ultrathin magnetic heterostructures hosting skyrmions and deposited by magnetron sputtering at Spintec, and will use them to explore the combination of gate voltage and ultrafast laser pulses to control skyrmion […]
Read moreRecruiting a post-doctoral researcher on building spintronic neural networks for pattern recognition (March 29th, 2024)
Context: In the frame of the CEA (PTC-ID) project SpinTrain, Spintec laboratory is opening a postdoctoral researcher position. The candidate will work on stochastic magnetic tunnel junctions grown and fabricated at Spintec, and will use them to explore brain-inspired schemes promising for building energy-efficient computing hardware. The project will have a strong interdisciplinary aspect (Spintronic, […]
Read moreContext: The last decade has seen the emergence of numerous studies around integrated nanoelectronic technologies for a growing number of application areas, ranging from the Internet of Things, to integrated components specialized in the management and optimization of energy consumption, environmental monitoring, safety and security in the automotive and space industries, support and control in […]
Read morePhD 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 of these make use of the phase dynamics of spintronics oscillators that have the capability to convert a DC […]
Read moreResistively-coupled stochastic MTJ for energy-based optimum search (January 22nd, 2024)
We study recurrent networks of binary stochastic Magnetic Tunnel Junctions (sMTJ), aiming at efficiently solving computationally hard optimization problems. After validating a prototyping route, we investigate the impact of hybrid CMOS+MTJ building block variants on the quality of stochastic sampling, a key feature for optimum search in a complex landscape. We carry out a functional […]
Read moreDeterministic switching in Voltage Controlled Magnetic Anisotropy Magnetic at Cryogenic Temperatures (January 22nd, 2024)
Cryoelectronics has the potential to become important in high-performance computing applications and in the context of quantum computing. For low-temperature operation, it becomes imperative to reduce power dissipation, and improved device efficiency could even offset the power consumption required for cooling. In magnetic memories, voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy (VCMA) is a promising approach to minimize the […]
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