Dioscuri Centre on Spin-caloritronics and Magnonics

Provider

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports

Programme

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Call for proposals

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Main participants

Fyzikální ústav AV ČR, v. v. i.

Contest type

M2 - International cooperation

Contract ID

MSMT-17240/2023-5

Project name in Czech

Dioscuri Centre on Spin-caloritronics and Magnonics

Annotation in Czech

The aim of the proposed research program is to establish a new physical paradigm of sustainable IT devices by combining heat, charge and spin transport in compensated magnetic materials. Conventional devices are based on ferromagnets which, however, are unfavorable for heat back-conversion to electricity, for non-dissipative spin transport, and high-speed operation. A recently discovered new class of compensated magnetic materials - altermagnets - could resolve these principle limitations of ferromagnets. The heat-to-charge conversion and spin-wave propagation in altermagnets is, however, an uncharted territory. The DC will build on the PI’s track record and the combined expertise of the Czech-German partners. The three pillar projects aim to demonstrate key spin-caloritronics phenomena in altermagnets for memory and heat-charge conversion devices, develop a new magnetic microscopy for exploring and exploiting these phenomena, and identify and characterize suitable altermagnetic material candidates. Although each of the projects is self-standing, pursuing the projects jointly will have a significant synergetic effect. The research program is based on a previously unrecognized class of magnets. Because of this ground-breaking nature, the results can have also impact on a range of scientifically and technologically highly relevant fields beyond spin-caloritronics and magnonics, including spintronics, field-effect electronics, superconductivity or neuromorphic IT.

R&D category

ZV - Basic research

OECD FORD - main branch

10302 - Condensed matter physics (including formerly solid state physics, supercond.)

OECD FORD - secondary branch

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OECD FORD - another secondary branch

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CEP - equivalent branches <br>(according to the <a href="http://www.vyzkum.cz/storage/att/E6EF7938F0E854BAE520AC119FB22E8D/Prevodnik_oboru_Frascati.pdf">converter</a>)

BM - Solid-state physics and magnetism

Realization period - beginning

Oct 1, 2023

Realization period - end

Sep 30, 2028

Project status

B - Running multi-year project

Latest support payment

Nov 2, 2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data delivery code

CEP24-MSM-LV-R

Data delivery date

Feb 19, 2024

Total approved costs

40,000 thou. CZK

Public financial support

36,924 thou. CZK

Other public sources

0 thou. CZK

Non public and foreign sources

3,077 thou. CZK