KAUST will host its first International Workshop on Spin-Orbit Induced Torque from February 24 – 26 in the Level 0 auditorium between Ibn Al-Haytham and Ibn Sina (buildings 2 and 3).
Key speakers to be featured at the workshop are:
• Professor Albert Fert (UMP CNRS-Thales, France); Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2007
• Dr. Stuart Parkin (IBM Almaden Research Center, USA)
• Professor H. Ohno (RIEC/Tohoku University, Japan)
The control of submicron scale magnetic elements by electrical currents is one of the most active research areas in the field of spin electronics. The fundamental mechanism involved, spin transfer torque, is used in applications such as non-volatile memory and radio-frequency oscillators. An alternative method, spin-orbit induced torque (SOIT), has been recently proposed. This method significantly simplifies the design of the devices while opening new avenues for device development.
Note the special seminars/lectures:
• February 24 at 2:15 p.m.: Professor Albert Fert – Seminar: Spin-Orbitronics
• February 25 at 2:00 p.m.: Dr. Stuart Parkin – Seminar: Current driven domain wall dynamics controlled by proximity induced interface magnetization
• February 25 at 5:15 p.m.: Professor Albert Fert – President’s Distinguished Lecture Series: Spintronics: a new frontier for computing and communications
• February 26 at 2:00 p.m.: G. Gaudin, Spintec, France – Seminar: Spin-orbit Torques in Ferromagnetic Thin Films
Click here to view the full program.
KAUST Organizational Committee:
Aurelien Manchon (Chair), MSE
Jurgen Kosel, EE
Udo Schwingenschlogl, MSE
Xixiang Zhang, Core Labs
International Scientific Committee:
S. S. P. Parkin, IBM Almaden, US
M.D. Stiles, NIST, US
I.M. Miron, Spintec, France
K.J. Lee, Korea University, Korea