Spintronics Research News

November 24, 2024

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Nanoscale Transistors Could Enable More Efficient Electronics

Nov. 4, 2024 — Nanoscale 3D transistors made from ultrathin semiconductor materials can operate more efficiently than silicon-based devices, leveraging quantum mechanical properties to potentially enable ultra-low-power AI ...

Spin Current Observations from Organic Semiconductor Side

Oct. 30, 2024 — Researchers have succeeded in observing the effects of spin current transfer and spin current generation from the non-magnetic side of a device, using a multilayer device consisting of a ferromagnetic layer and an organic semiconductor ...

BESSY II: Heterostructures for Spintronics

Sep. 20, 2024 — Spintronic devices work with spin textures caused by quantum-physical interactions. Scientists have now studied graphene-cobalt-iridium heterostructures at BESSY II. The results show how two desired quantum-physical effects reinforce each other in ...

Quantum Researchers Cause Controlled 'Wobble' in the Nucleus of a Single Atom

Sep. 12, 2024 — Researchers have been able to initiate a controlled movement in the very heart of an atom. They caused the atomic nucleus to interact with one of the electrons in the outermost shells of the atom. ...

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Researchers Advance New Class of Quantum Critical Metal That Could Advance Electronic Devices

Sep. 6, 2024 — A new study has unveiled a new class of quantum critical metal, shedding light on the intricate interactions of electrons within quantum materials. ...

Physicists Ease Path to Entanglement for Quantum Sensing

Aug. 26, 2024 — A quantum mechanical trick called 'spin squeezing' is widely recognized to hold promise for supercharging the capabilities of the world's most precise quantum sensors, but it's been notoriously ...

Unconventional Interface Superconductor Could Benefit Quantum Computing

Aug. 23, 2024 — A multi-institutional team of scientists has developed a new superconductor material that could potentially be used in quantum computing and be a candidate 'topological ...

Advancing Modular Quantum Information Processing

Aug. 15, 2024 — A team of physicists envisions a modular system for scaling quantum processors with a flexible way of linking qubits over long distances to enable them to work in concert to perform quantum ...

X-Ray Imagery of Vibrating Diamond Opens Avenues for Quantum Sensing

Aug. 7, 2024 — Scientists at three research institutions capture the pulsing motion of atoms in diamond, uncovering the relationship between the diamond's strain and the behavior of the quantum information hosted ...

Spin Qubits Go Trampolining

July 25, 2024 — Researchers have developed somersaulting spin qubits for universal quantum logic. This achievement may enable efficient control of large semiconductor qubit arrays. The research group recently ...

Paving the Way to Extremely Fast, Compact Computer Memory

July 17, 2024 — Researchers have demonstrated that the layered multiferroic material nickel iodide (NiI2) may be the best candidate yet for devices such as magnetic computer memory that are extremely fast and ...

Optoelectronics Gain Spin Control from Chiral Perovskites and III-V Semiconductors

July 2, 2024 — A research effort has made advances that could enable a broader range of currently unimagined optoelectronic ...

Scientists Probe Chilling Behavior of Promising Solid-State Cooling Material

July 1, 2024 — A research team has bridged a knowledge gap in atomic-scale heat motion. This new understanding holds promise for enhancing materials to advance an ...

Visual Explanations of Machine Learning Models to Estimate Charge States in Quantum Dots

June 27, 2024 — To form qubit states in semiconductor materials, it requires tuning for numerous parameters. But as the number of qubits increases, the amount of ...

Major Development Successes in Diamond Spin Photon Quantum Computers

Oct. 28, 2024 — Lower cooling requirements, longer operating times, lower error rates: Quantum computers based on spin photons and diamond promise significant advantages over competing quantum computing ...

Researchers Discover New Flat Electronic Bands, Paving Way for Advanced Quantum Materials

June 25, 2024 — Scientists predict the existence of flat electronic bands at the Fermi level, a finding that could enable new forms of quantum computing and electronic ...

Making Ferromagnets Ready for Ultra-Fast Communication and Computation Technology

June 13, 2024 — Researchers have made a significant breakthrough in how to enable and exploit ultra-fast spin behavior in ferromagnets. The research paves the way for ultra-high frequency ...

New Technique Could Help Build Quantum Computers of the Future

June 11, 2024 — Researchers have demonstrated a new method that could enable the large-scale manufacturing of optical qubits. The advance could bring us closer to a scalable quantum ...

More Than Spins: Exploring Uncharted Territory in Quantum Devices

May 24, 2024 — Many of today's quantum devices rely on collections of qubits, also called spins. These quantum bits have only two energy levels, the '0' and the '1'. However, spins in real ...

New Crystal Production Method Could Enhance Quantum Computers and Electronics

May 21, 2024 — Scientists describe a new method to make very thin crystals of the element bismuth -- a process that may aid the manufacturing of cheap flexible electronics an everyday ...

2D Materials: A Catalyst for Future Quantum Technologies

May 20, 2024 — Researchers have discovered that a 'single atomic defect' in a layered 2D material can hold onto quantum information for microseconds at room temperature. This underscores the broader ...

A Simple Quantum Internet With Significant Possibilities

May 15, 2024 — It's one thing to dream up a quantum internet that could send hacker-proof information around the world via photons superimposed in different quantum states. It's quite another to ...

Experiment Opens Door for Millions of Qubits on One Chip

May 6, 2024 — Researchers have achieved the first controllable interaction between two hole spin qubits in a conventional silicon transistor. The breakthrough opens up the possibility of integrating millions of ...

Researchers Unlock Potential of 2D Magnetic Devices for Future Computing

May 1, 2024 — A research team has created an innovative method to control tiny magnetic states within ultrathin, two-dimensional van der Waals magnets -- a process akin to how flipping a light switch controls a ...

Lead-Vacancy Centers in Diamond as Building Blocks for Large-Scale Quantum Networks

Apr. 30, 2024 — A lead-vacancy (PbV) center in diamond has been developed as a quantum emitter for large-scale quantum networks by researchers. This innovative color center exhibits a sharp zero-phonon-line and ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...