Spintronics Research News

April 24, 2024

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Unlocking Spin Current Secrets: A New Milestone in Spintronics

Apr. 23, 2024 — Using neutron scattering and voltage measurements, a group of researchers have discovered that a material's magnetic properties can predict spin current changes with temperature. The finding is a major breakthrough in the field of ...

Quantum Interference Could Lead to Smaller, Faster, and More Energy-Efficient Transistors

Mar. 25, 2024 — Scientists made a single-molecule transistor using quantum interference to control electron flow. This new design offers high on/off ratio and stability, potentially leading to smaller, faster, and ...

Making Quantum Bits Fly

Mar. 6, 2024 — Physicists are developing a method that could enable the stable exchange of information in quantum computers. In the leading role: photons that make quantum bits ...

Shortcut to Success: Toward Fast and Robust Quantum Control Through Accelerating Adiabatic Passage

Mar. 5, 2024 — Researchers achieved the acceleration of adiabatic evolution of a single spin qubit in gate-defined quantum dots. After the pulse optimization to suppress quasistatic noises, the spin flip fidelity ...

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Skyrmions Move at Record Speeds: A Step Towards the Computing of the Future

Apr. 18, 2024 — Scientists have discovered that the magnetic nanobubbles known as skyrmions can be moved by electrical currents, attaining record speeds up to 900 m/s. Anticipated as future bits in computer memory, ...

AI-Enabled Atomic Robotic Probe to Advance Quantum Material Manufacturing

Mar. 1, 2024 — Scientists have pioneered a new methodology of fabricating carbon-based quantum materials at the atomic scale by integrating scanning probe microscopy techniques and deep neural networks. This ...

Diamonds Are a Chip's Best Friend

Feb. 27, 2024 — New technologies aim to produce high-purity synthetic crystals that become excellent semiconductors when doped with impurities as electron donors or acceptors of other elements. Researchers have now ...

Researchers Harness 2D Magnetic Materials for Energy-Efficient Computing

Feb. 22, 2024 — Researchers used ultrathin van der Waals materials to create an electron magnet that can be switched at room temperature. This type of magnet could be used to build magnetic processors or memories ...

Altermagnetism Experimentally Demonstrated

Feb. 15, 2024 — Ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism have long been known to scientists as two classes of magnetic order of materials. Back in 2019, researchers postulated a third class of magnetism, called ...

Altermagnetism Proves Its Place on the Magnetic Family Tree

Feb. 14, 2024 — There is now a new addition to the magnetic family: researchers have demonstrated the existence of altermagnetism. The experimental discovery of this new branch of magnetism signifies new fundamental ...

Technique Could Improve the Sensitivity of Quantum Sensing Devices

Feb. 8, 2024 — A new technique can control a larger number of microscopic defects in a diamond. These defects can be used as qubits for quantum sensing applications, and being able to control a greater number of ...

Hexagonal Copper Disk Lattice Unleashes Spin Wave Control

Feb. 1, 2024 — A collaborative group of researchers has potentially developed a means of controlling spin waves by creating a hexagonal pattern of copper disks on a magnetic insulator. The breakthrough is expected ...

Toward Efficient Spintronic Materials

Jan. 11, 2024 — A research team has revealed the microscopic origin of the large magnetoelectric effect in interfacial multiferroics composed of the ferromagnetic Co2FeSi Heusler alloy and the piezoelectric ...

Using Berry Phase Monopole Engineering for High-Temperature Spintronic Devices

Jan. 5, 2024 — Spin-orbit torque (SOT), an important phenomenon for developing ultrafast and low-power spintronic devices, can be enhanced through Berry phase ...

Higher Measurement Accuracy Opens New Window to the Quantum World

Jan. 17, 2024 — A team has developed a new measurement method that, for the first time, accurately detects tiny temperature differences in the range of 100 microkelvin in the thermal Hall effect. Previously, these ...

Generating Stable Qubits at Room Temperature

Jan. 11, 2024 — Quantum bits, or qubits, can revolutionize computing and sensing systems. However, cryogenic temperatures are required to ensure the stability of qubits. In a groundbreaking study, researchers ...

Functional Semiconductor Made from Graphene

Jan. 3, 2024 — Researchers have created the first functional semiconductor made from graphene, a single sheet of carbon atoms held together by the strongest bonds known. The breakthrough throws open the door to a ...

First Experimental Evidence of Hopfions in Crystals Opens Up New Dimension for Future Technology

Nov. 22, 2023 — Hopfions, magnetic spin structures predicted decades ago, have become a hot and challenging research topic in recent years. New findings open up new fields in experimental physics: identifying other ...

Quantum Mechanics: Unlocking the Secrets of Spin With High-Harmonic Probes

Nov. 10, 2023 — Deep within every piece of magnetic material, electrons dance to the invisible tune of quantum mechanics. Their spins, akin to tiny atomic tops, dictate the magnetic behavior of the material they ...

Controlling Waves in Magnets With Superconductors for the First Time

Oct. 26, 2023 — Quantum physicists have shown that it's possible to control and manipulate spin waves on a chip using superconductors for the first time. These tiny waves in magnets may offer an alternative to ...

New Quantum Effect Demonstrated for the First Time: Spinaron, a Rugby in a Ball Pit

Oct. 26, 2023 — Experimental physicists have demonstrated a new quantum effect aptly named the 'spinaron.' In a meticulously controlled environment and using an advanced set of instruments, they managed to ...

Using Sound to Test Devices, Control Qubits

Oct. 25, 2023 — Researchers have developed a system that uses atomic vacancies in silicon carbide to measure the stability and quality of acoustic resonators. What's more, these vacancies could also be used for ...

Physicists Demonstrate Powerful Physics Phenomenon

Oct. 13, 2023 — In a new breakthrough, researchers have used a novel technique to confirm a previously undetected physics phenomenon that could be used to improve data storage in the next generation of computer ...

Twisted Science: New Quantum Ruler to Explore Exotic Matter

Oct. 5, 2023 — Researchers have developed a 'quantum ruler' to measure and explore the strange properties of multilayered sheets of graphene, a form of carbon. The work may also lead to a new, ...

Topological Materials Open a New Pathway for Exploring Spin Hall Materials

Sep. 21, 2023 — A recent discovery in spintronics could potentially transform future electronics. A group of researchers have revealed the key role of cobalt-tin-sulfur in reducing energy consumption, unlocking new ...

Magnetic Whirls Pave the Way for Energy-Efficient Computing

Sep. 11, 2023 — Researchers have been able to increase the diffusion of magnetic whirls, so called skyrmions, by a factor of ...

A Simpler Way to Connect Quantum Computers

Aug. 30, 2023 — Researchers have developed a new approach to building quantum repeaters, devices that can link quantum computers over long distances. The new system transmits low-loss signals over optical fiber ...

New Quantum Device Generates Single Photons and Encodes Information

Aug. 24, 2023 — A new approach to quantum light emitters generates a stream of circularly polarized single photons, or particles of light, that may be useful for a range of quantum information and communication ...

Magnonic Computing: Faster Spin Waves Could Make Novel Computing Systems Possible

Aug. 16, 2023 — Research is underway around the world to find alternatives to our current electronic computing technology, as great, electron-based systems have limitations. A new way of transmitting information is ...

Switching 'Spin' on and Off (and Up and Down) in Quantum Materials at Room Temperature

Aug. 16, 2023 — Researchers have found a way to control the interaction of light and quantum 'spin' in organic semiconductors, that works even at room ...

Sensing and Controlling Microscopic Spin Density in Materials

Aug. 3, 2023 — Researchers found a way to tune the spin density in diamond by applying an external laser or microwave beam. The finding could open new possibilities for advanced quantum ...

Quantum Discovery: Materials Can Host D-Wave Effects With F-Wave Behaviors

Aug. 2, 2023 — In a potential boon for quantum computing, physicists have shown that topologically protected quantum states can be entangled with other, highly manipulable quantum states in some electronic ...

Scientists Discover Unusual Ultrafast Motion in Layered Magnetic Materials

Aug. 2, 2023 — A team of researchers report a mechanical response across a layered magnetic material tied to changing its electron spin. This response could have important applications in nanodevices requiring ...

Unveiling the Quantum Dance: Experiments Reveal Nexus of Vibrational and Electronic Dynamics

July 19, 2023 — Scientists have demonstrated experimentally a long-theorized relationship between electron and nuclear motion in molecules, which could lead to the design of materials for solar cells, electronic ...