Antiferromagnetic Insulatronics: Spintronics without magnetic fields and Moving Electrons

MTL Seminar Series
Mathias Kläui, Johannes Gutenberg-University

Abstract

Antiferromagnetically ordered systems have previously been considered as “interesting but useless”. However, they promise faster operation, enhanced stability and higher integration density and could thus become a game changer for devices. Here I will show how antiferromagnets can be used as active spintronics devices by demonstrating the key operations of “writing” [1], “reading” [2] and “transporting information” [3] in antiferromagnets.

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[2] L. Baldrati et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 177201 (2019); H. Meer et al., Nano Lett. 21, 114 (2020)
[3] R. Lebrun et al., Nature 561, 222 (2018). R. Lebrun et al., Nature Commun. 11, 6332 (2020).