Project description DEENESFRITPL Cutting-edge electronics harness the power of spin-polarised supercurrents Capitalising on the unique properties of high-temperature superconductivity and spintronics, high-temperature superconducting spintronics targets the development of devices with enhanced performance and new functionalities. The ERC-funded SUSPINTRONICS project aims to further advance the field by using spin-polarised superconducting electron pairs instead of normal electrons for information transfer and manipulation. Leveraging the coherent electron transfer in superconductors, researchers aim to create multiple methods for fine-tuning the behaviour of superconducting spintronics devices, for example using magnetic fields, electric fields and light. These external factors could result in enhanced magnetic and electric memory and photosensitivity. The use of complex-oxide heterostructures will yield several effects: superconducting proximity, ferroelectric fields, spin torque and ferromagnetic resonance, and photoconductivity and photoelectricity. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective This project aims at establishing the basis for high-temperature superconducting spintronics. The innovative idea is to use spin-polarized superconducting pairs -instead of normal electrons- to convey and manipulate information, taking advantage of the coherent transport inherent to superconductivity. To further increase the potential of this approach, we intend to create multiple control knobs: magnetic field, the classical one in spintronics, as well as the knobs customary in conventional electronics: electric field and light. This will endow superconducting spintronics with a magnetic and electric memory, as well as with photosensitivity. The basic ingredient for this ambitious project is complex-oxide heterostructures. The approach consists of combining the following fundamental effects:(a) Superconducting proximity effects, in order to transfer superconductivity into ferromagnets.(b) Ferroelectric field-effects, in order to modulate the superconductor/ferromagnet interactions and tune Josephson coupling. (c) Spin-torque and ferromagnetic resonance effects, in order to couple superconductivity and magnetization dynamics.(d) Photoconductivity and photoelectric effects, in order to manipulate the interactions between superconductors and ferroics.This research is essentially fundamental, but the novel concepts pursued will increase the technological possibilities of superconductivity and spintronics -whose applications are at present completely disconnected. Fields of science natural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicsspintronicsnatural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicssuperconductivity Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme Topic(s) ERC-CoG-2014 - ERC Consolidator Grant Call for proposal ERC-2014-CoG See other projects for this call Funding Scheme ERC-COG - Consolidator Grant Host institution CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS Net EU contribution € 1 997 729,00 Address RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 75794 Paris France See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 1 997 729,00 Beneficiaries (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS France Net EU contribution € 1 997 729,00 Address RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 75794 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 1 997 729,00
