nanoGUNE Colloquium: Let’s TWIST again Topological Whirls In SpinTronics
CIC nanoGUNE Seminars
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Dr. Karin Everschor-Sitte, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz
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2020/02/17
12:00 - Place
- nanoGUNE seminar room, Tolosa Hiribidea 76, Donostia - San Sebastian
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**Let’s TWIST again**
**Topological Whirls In SpinTronics**
Karin Everschor-Sitte (JGU Mainz)
Skyrmions are topologically stable whirls that are realized in different areas
of physics and were initially discovered by Tony Skyrme in particle physics in
the 1960's.
Here we will focus on skyrmions that occur in magnetic systems and which
experimentally have been observed for the first time in 2009. Within a decade,
the field of magnetic skyrmions has become a very active research area,
exploiting the topological properties of the magnetic whirl-like particles for
spintronics and, more recently, unconventional computing schemes. For example,
the peculiar twist of the magnetization in skyrmions leads to a very efficient
coupling to electric currents and allows for “banana kicks†in analogy to
the ones in soccer.
**Host:** J. M. Pitarke