Proposals for student internships for Spring 2018 (October 03rd, 2017)
You find here the list of proposals for Master-2 internships to take place during Spring 2018. In most cases, these internships are intended to be suitable for a longer-term PhD work. Interested Master-1 students are also encouraged to apply. You may either download the full list of proposals, along with an introduction to the SPINTEC […]
Read moreA skyrmion switch (September 28th, 2017)
Nanoscale magnetic skyrmions are good candidates for data manipulation and storage in spintronic applications (logic and/or memory). M. Schott et al. have recently shown that a gate voltage can nucleate or annihilate skyrmions. This proof of concept of a skyrmion switch paves the way towards skyrmion-based applications. Skyrmions are chiral magnetic bubbles: their magnetic texture, […]
Read moreSeminar : The Hall Effects Edwin Hall Never Imagined (September 28th, 2017)
On September, 28, we will have the pleasure to welcome Xiaofeng Jin from Fudan University, China in Spintec. At 11H, we will give his IEEE Distinguished lecture on “The Hall Effects Edwin Hall Never Imagined” in Spintec, bat 10.05, room 434 A. The anomalous Hall effect (AHE) is one of the oldest and most prominent […]
Read moreBook – Introduction to Random-Access Memory (September 01st, 2017)
B. Dieny, R. B. Goldfarb, K.-J. Lee (Eds), IEEE Press, Wiley (2017). With chapter authorship from Spintec: L. Buda-Prejbeanu, L. Prejbeanu, B. Diény. DOI: 10.1002/9781119079415 Magnetic random-access memory (MRAM) is poised to replace traditional computer memory based on complementary metal-oxide semiconductors (CMOS). MRAM will surpass all other types of memory devices in terms of nonvolatility, […]
Read morePhD thesis defense : Design of an Innovative Asynchronous, Non-Volatile Integrated Circuit for Space Applications (August 31st, 2017)
On Monday, the 18th Of September 2017 at 14h00, Jérémy LOPES from DRF/INAC/SPINTEC, will defend his PhD thesis entitled “Design of an Innovative Asynchronous, Non-Volatile Integrated Circuit for Space Applications” Place : LIRMM, 161 rue Ada 34095 Montpellier, salle de séminaire du LIRMM </span style=”color:#FF0000″> Today, there are several ways to develop microelectronic circuits adapted […]
Read moreSeminar : Advanced fabrication and characterisation of three-dimensional magnetic nanowires for applications in spintronics (August 31st, 2017)
On september, 21, we have the pleasure to welcome Amalio Fernández-Pacheco from Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge in Spintec. At 11H, in room 434 A, he will give a seminar entitled “Advanced fabrication and characterisation of three-dimensional magnetic nanowires for applications in spintronics”. Three-dimensional nanomagnetism is an exciting new area of research [1], with potential […]
Read moreElectrical detection of magnetic domain walls by inverse and direct spin Hall effect (August 28th, 2017)
Spin orbit torques allow to move efficiently DW in tracks made of ferromagnetic/spin Hall effect bilayer. Domain wall (DW) detection is then of great importance. In this letter, we demonstrate a detection method, based on the ability for a ferromagnetic nanowire, in which a DW is pinned, to inject or detect a pure spin current. […]
Read moreEvidence for spin to charge conversion in GeTe(111), among most read 2016 papers of APL Mater. (August 28th, 2017)
GeTe has been predicted to be the father compound of a new class of multifunctional materials: ferroelectric Rashba semiconductors. In that sense, they are expected to display a coupling between spin-dependent k-splitting and ferroelectricity, thus allowing an electrical control of spin-to-charge conversion phenomena in spintronics. This paper reported the epitaxial growth of Fe/GeTe(111) heterostructures by […]
Read moreMATEMAC3D – An ANR project (August 28th, 2017)
Overview The objective of the project is to combine all key ingredients for modern Spintronics and SpinOrbitronics modeling within a novel and original non-commercial multi-physics software. These key ingredients are the appropriate spin transport equations that are easy-implementable in a numerical solver, the simultaneous resolution of the spin-dependent transport and magnetization dynamics, and finally the […]
Read moreOISO – An ANR project (August 23rd, 2017)
The ANR project OISO (OxIde-based SpinOrbitronics) explores the potential of transition metal oxide (TMO) perovskites for SpinOrbitronics. SpinOrbitronics exploits the spin-orbit coupling (SOC) to obtain spin currents without ferromagnets (FM), more efficient torques to switch magnetization and reduced heat dissipation for low power scalable devices. TMO constitute a material platform of structurally well-matched compounds including […]
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