Superconducting Quantum Spintronics: a paradigm-shift for low power electronics and quantum technologies

The field of “superconducting quantum spintronics” has emerged in the past past decade [1-3], combining magnetism, superconductivity and quantum coherence. This has created the potential for a computing architecture which is not simply a low dissipation analogue of conventional spin-electronics, but instead exploits the unique features of superconductivity to couple electron charge and spin for logic and memory applications. Current concepts are theoretical or preliminary experimental  demonstrations [4-8]. My group is developing the field with the vision of establishing a framework for energy efficient (beyond silicon) large-scale computers. This lecture will introduce my research and vision on superconducting spintronics and related areas.

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