Spintronic devices
We are investigating new materials to develop nano scale devices with unprecendent energy efficiency, high speed and integrability. The novelty of the materials we investigate relies in their ability to manipulate and detect both the electron's spin and charge, field known as Spintronics (spin electronics). One example of the physical properties that make our devices interesting is the ability to write and read information in nanosceond time scales using extremely low energies of atto Joules per bit enabling unprecedent memory technologies.
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New computing paradigms and architectures
In the last decades, new computing paradigms have emerged expanding the capabilities of conventional computers. For example, bioinspired computing systems perform computation in a similar way than the human brain. However, hardware implementation of these systems with current CMOS technology is not efficient, e.g., making necessary thousands of transistors to implement a single neuron. We are working in hardware solutions for an efficient implementation of these new computing paragdims. We have special interest but not limited in probabilistic, neuromorphic and quantum computing.
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High frequency devices
The continuous band expansion in communication systems fueled by the increased demand of data tansmission opens new oppurtunities to develop nanoscale devices working at microwave and terahertz frequencies. We are exploting the fast dynamics of magnetic materials to design working between 1 GHz and 1 THz. Alternatively, we are also working on devices based on the global excitations of magnetic materials, magnons/spin waves, for new communication systems and non-charge based computing.
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