ICN2 Lecture Prof Albert Fert: Spin-orbitronics, a new direction for spintronics

ICN2 Manuel Cardona Lectures offer the opportunity to interact with some of the most prominent researchers in nanoscience related fields. At the same time, they are a tribute to Prof Manuel Cardona, a key figure in the history of this Institute.

ICN2 proudly presents a Manuel Cardona Lecture by Prof Albert Fert, from the Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales and Emeritus Professor at Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France. The event was held on November 11 2015 in the ICN2 facilities.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2007 was awarded jointly to Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg "for the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance" which brought about a breakthrough in gigabyte hard disks. Prof Fert has made many contributions to the field of spintronics.

Classical spintronic devices use the exchange interaction between conduction electron spins and local spins in magnetic materials to create spin-polarized currents or to manipulate nanomagnets by spin transfer from spin-polarized currents. In this Seminar the speaker discusses a novel direction of spintronics - that can be called spin-orbitronics. It exploits the Spin-Orbit Coupling (SOC) in nonmagnetic materials instead of the exchange interaction in magnetic materials to generate, detect or exploit spin-polarized currents.

Enjoy this full Lecture gladly shared by Prof Albert Fert.

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