SPINTRONICS: ELECTRONS, SPINS, COMPUTERS AND TELEPHONES
Event details
| Date | 28.11.2011 |
| Hour | 16:15 |
| Speaker | Prof. Albert Fert, Nobel Prize in Physics, 2007 |
| Location |
CE 1 – Centre Est EPFL
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Spintronics exploits the influence of the electron spin orientation on electronic
transport. It is mainly known for the “giant magnetoresistance” (GMR) and
the large increase of the hard disc capacity obtained with read heads based
on the GMR, but it has also revealed many other interesting effects. Today
spintronics is developing along many novel directions with promising
prospects as well for short term applications as for the “beyond CMOS”
perspective. After an introduction on the fundamentals of spintronics, I will
review some of the most interesting emerging directions of today: spin
transfer and its applications to STT-RAMs or to microwave generation,
spintronics with semiconductors, graphene and carbon nanotubes, Spin Hall
Effects, neuromorphic devices etc.
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- General public
- Free