Coherent spin waves for emerging nanoscale magnonic logic architectures
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Sheffield
Department Name: Materials Science and Engineering
Abstract
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Organisations
Publications
Davies C
(2015)
Towards graded-index magnonics: Steering spin waves in magnonic networks
in Physical Review B
Dost R
(2020)
Effect of annealing on the electrical and magnetic properties of electrodeposited Ni and permalloy nanowires
in Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Mushenok F
(2017)
Broadband conversion of microwaves into propagating spin waves in patterned magnetic structures
in Applied Physics Letters
| Description | This project demonstrated methods of generating and steering magnetic waves ('spin waves') in ferromagnetic nano- and micro-structures. Our method of spin wave generation could be tuned to inject different wavelengths of spin waves. This tunable spin wave source could be of use in future information hardware systems in order to allow encoding of data within the spin wave frequency. We also found that simple application of uniform magnetic fields (e.g. with an external electromagnet) could allow spin waves to be steered in particular directions at wire junctions. This could be a key tool in directing the propagation of data in future spin wave information technologies. |
| Exploitation Route | See above |
| Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Electronics |
| Description | EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) |
| Amount | £40,391 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Internal reference 139495 as part of EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account award EP/K503812/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2014 |
| End | 09/2015 |
| Description | EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) |
| Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2014 |
| End | 09/2015 |
| Description | Materials Discovery Virtual Reality Experience |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Many (so far approx 70) school age students and parents have gone through the VR experience, which has led to several conversations about the historical development of materials and future trends. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2017,2018 |