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Exploring the elasticity of multiferroic materials
Multiferroics are materials that simultaneously display a ferroelectric and a magnetic order, which in some cases interact. The combination of these properties holds promises for future hybrid computing architectures that transform information from one state into...
Molecular spintronics: a short movie
The European FET-OPEN COSMICS project, of which the MPQ laboratory (resp. Amandine Bellec) is one of the 6 partners, has developed a short movie presenting molecular spintronics and the challenges of the project. The project is based on a collaboration between...
A metasurface for non-linear optical generation with full phase control
Researchers of the DON team at MPQ lab have obtained the first dielectric optical metasurface generating second harmonic with full phase control. Figure: SEM image of a Fresnel lens designed to focus a second-harmonic signal.Thanks to this breakthrough, they achieved...
Semiconductor chips for the engineering of high-dimensional quantum states
High-dimensional entangled states of light provide novel possibilities for quantum information, from fundamental tests of quantum mechanics to enhanced computation and communication protocols. In this context, the frequency degree of freedom combines the assets of...
Direct observation of the reduction of a molecule on nitrogen doped graphene
Graphene is a two dimensional, material made of a carbon atomic plane, with exceptional physical properties that make it full of promises for applications in various fields. The realization of new functionalities for advanced devices is highly desirable and can be...
A protective cage for the transport of giant spin signals
Faced with the technological and societal challenges represented by the storage, transfer and processing of computer data, electronic devices exploiting the quantum nature of electrons have been integrated for many years in the computers, smartphones and other...
Seminars
JULIE GROLLIER (CNRS/Thalès Lab, Palaiseau, France)Physics for neuromorphic computingjeudi 29 avril 2021 à 11h30 Quentin Ramasse (SuperSTEM Laboratory & University of Leeds)Vibrational spectroscopy at atomic resolution in the scanning transmission electron...
Revealing the secrets of anisotropic nanoalloy synthesis
The synthesis of nanomaterials by chemical routes has long been developed empirically due to the lack of techniques to probe the dynamics of nano-objects in liquid media. In recent years, so-called "in-situ" approaches have emerged on all the techniques that allow...