Our vision is to trigger a revolution in low-power information and communication technologies in an energy-efficient society.
QuSpin´s objective is to develop the basic science that uses quantum entities such as the electron spin as information carriers in radically different ways. We aim at groundbreaking basic research that is crucial to the development of fast, high-capacity, material systems and tools for smaller and more power-efficient electronic devices.
A motivation is the usage statistics behind Apple, Google, YouTube, Netflix, and data mining for Bitcoin, as a few examples of the staggering amounts of data transfer and storage capacity that is needed for these services. Followed by their continuously increasing energy consumption needs, new ways to handle this efficiently is a pressing matter.
Quasi-particles can convey spin information with exceptional tiny energy losses, considering the dynamical evolution of the spin states for high-speed electronics. A supercurrent is a remarkable phenomenon where a current can flow in a supercurrent with no electrical resistance and no energy loss.
The QuSpin center was in 2017 recognized as one of the ten new Centers of Excellence by the Research Council of Norway, 2017-2027. From left: Jacob Linder, Arne Brataas, Asle Sudbø and Justin Wells
Rev. Mod. Phys. 96, 021003 – Published 28 May 2024. Morten Amundsen, Jacob Linder, Jason W. A. Robinson, Igor Žutić, and Niladri Banerjee
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Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) relates to the interaction between an electron’s motion and its spin and is ubiquitous in solid-state systems. Although the effect of SOC in normal-state phenomena has been extensively studied, its role in superconducting hybrid structures and devices elicits many unexplored questions.…
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 076003 – Published 17 August 2023.
Ali Ouassou, Jabir; Brataas Arne; Qaiumzadeh, Alireza; Linder, Jacob.
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The ability of magnetic materials to modify superconductors is an active research area for possible applications in thermoelectricity, quantum sensing, and spintronics. We consider the fundamental properties of the Josephson effect in a class of magnetic materials that recently have attracted much attention: altermagnets...
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 196402 – Published 10 May 2024. S. S. Brinkman, Xin Liang Tan, B. Brekke, A. C. Mathisen, Ø. Finnseth, R. J. Schenk, K. Hagiwara, Meng-Jie Huang, J. Buck, M. Kalläne, M. Hoesch, K. Rossnagel, Kui-Hon Ou Yang, Minn-Tsong Lin, Guo-Jiun Shu, Ying-Jiun Chen, C. Tusche, and H. Bentmann.
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Chiral crystals and molecules were recently predicted to form an intriguing platform for unconventional orbital physics. Here, we report the observation of chirality-driven orbital textures…
Course, Wednesday June 12th, at 10.30-12.30, in E5-103. By journalist Svein Tønseth. Title: Kronikkskriving og annen populær-vitenskapelig formidling (in Norwegian)
Leader Group Meeting, Wednesday June 12th, at 2 PM, in E5-103.
Guest seminar, Friday June 14th, at 2.15-3 PM, in E5-103 by Professor Sergio Machado Rezende, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil. Title: Spintronics: Fundamentals and recent progress
