The objective of MILF is to combine the nanometer scale resolution of electron microscopy, to the nanosecond resolution necessary to observe dynamically micromagnetic objects. This will be sought by developing a fully electrostatic stroboscopic (pump-probe) magnetic imaging TEM technique, that could be used on a broad range of commercial microscopes. This will be achieved by the design of model samples taking place in dedicated chipsets that will carry, in a single device, the sample and its pumping design. The finale objective is spintronics devices studied in operando. MILF eventually aims at drawing an as-exhaustive-as-possible landscape of existing time-resolved magnetic imaging techniques in terms of magnetic sensitivity and spatio-temporal capacities.
SPINTEC is in charge of model sample and devices nanofabrication, as well as high-frequency electronic design ; CEMES brings its electron optic expertise for ultrafast blanking (probe), and TEM sample environment (pump); Institut Néel brings its know-how on electron microscope elements fabrication and electronic synchronization.
Local contact at SPINTEC: Aurélien Masseboeuf
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