Quantum Spintronics & Nanomagnetism Laboratory Q-SpiN Lab, Department of Physics, IIT Roorkee

Welcome to Quantum Spintronics & Nanomagnetism Laboratory (Q-SpiN Lab)! Conventional electronic devices rely on the transport of the "charge" of electrons to store and process information. While electrons move through materials, they are subjected to scattering with atoms/ions, resulting in electrical resistance, heating, and energy consumption. As a result, conventional electronic devices have almost reached a point where they can’t be further miniaturized. Spintronics is a rapidly growing area of technology that utilizes an electron's unused "spin" property for information processing and data storage. Using a "spin" degree of freedom makes devices truly nanoscopic, energy-efficient, faster, and non-volatile. Our group focuses on developing materials and novel nanodevices that take advantage of electrons' spin. We focus on spintronic nano-oscillator devices, spin-wave magnetization dynamics, magnetic skyrmions, voltage-controlled magnetism, brain-inspired computing, and exchange-biased bilayer thin films. Our current research interest is on spin Hall nano-oscillators and magnetic skyrmions to facilitate their implementation in a wide range of applications ranging from high-quality microwave signal generators and injectors to ultra-fast neuromorphic computing schemes and beyond CMOS spin-wave computing – so-called magnonics. 

Current openings:

We are hiring students for Ph. D. positions in the group. Looking for bright, passionate, and motivated students preferably with a background in spintronics or thin magnetic films.

Please contact himanshu.fulara@ph.iitr.ac.in if you are interested.