Course

PHYS-510: Spintronics : basics and applications

Summary

Starting from fundamentals of magnetism, the course develops the concepts required to understand and describe reading and writing processes of a magnetic bit. Similarities and differences between classical and quantum systems are addressed.

Lectures

Instructor

Marina Pivetta

Teaching & PhD PhD Students Serni Toda Cosi, Simon Vejs Kjeldgaard-Jensen Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector Giulia Pacchioni, Jean-Guillaume De Groot, Sébastien Reynaud Courses Frontiers in nanosciences PHYS-407 The course covers relevant experimental and theoretical concepts in nanoscale science, from fundamental aspects like quantum tunneling and quantum size effects, to hot topics like quantum transport and nanoscale magnetism. Solid state physics PHYS-337 This lectur

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https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/spintronics-basics-and-applications-PHYS-510

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Summary

Lectures

Instructor

Marina Pivetta

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/spintronics-basics-and-applications-PHYS-510

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/PHYS-510

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