Spintronics XVII

For years the spin degree of freedom has been directly used as an information support in nanometer-scale devices. Today applications mostly concern the huge market of information storage, read heads, nonvolatile magnetic memories (MRAMs), or magnetic logic units. Recent developments are being considered for spin-based logic or quantum computing. New topics are emerging in frontier fields, e.g. topological spin structures, topological insulators, Majorana fermions, antiferromagnetic spintronics, spin photonics and spin optics, ultra-fast phenomena and THz emission or spin-caloric phenomena. These advances make use of the fascinating developments of new materials.

The purpose of the conference is to provide a broad overview of the state-of-the-art and perspectives, bringing together experts from different communities: fundamental physics (experimental and theoretical), materials science and chemistry, fabrication processes and industrial developments, etc. Contributions for this conference are encouraged in particular in the following areas:

• spin-coherence, semiconductor spin physics, quantum wells and quantum dots
• magnetic nanostructures, micromagnetism, spin-precession, and magnonics
• spin-injection, spin-transfer, spin-Hall and related effects
• new materials (graphene and chalcogenides, oxides, organics, etc.)
• topological matter, topological spin textures
• new structures and emerging applications (magnetoresistive devices, MRAMs, spin logic, ultra-fast memories , etc.)
• neuromorphic computing
• spin photonics, spin lasers, THz emission, and spin optics
• superconducting spintronics.