Magnetismus in dünnen Schichten
01.10.2024
•Future Technologies
•11 min

Magnetism in thin layers: One electron makes the difference

An important step towards novel computer memory

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Magnetismus in dünnen Schichten
Orbitronics: new material property advances energy-efficient tech
27.09.2024
•Future Technologies
•7 min

Orbitronics: new material property advances energy-efficient tech

Discovery of orbital angular momentum monopoles boosts the emerging field of orbitronics, an energy-efficient alternative to electronics.

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In the accelerator hall of SwissFEL: (L to R) Carlo Vicario, Eduard Prat Costa, Anne L’Huillier, Christoph Bostedt and Adrian Cavalieri.
In the accelerator hall of SwissFEL: (L to R) Carlo Vicario, Eduard Prat Costa, Anne L’Huillier, Christoph Bostedt and Adrian Cavalieri.
12.09.2024
•Large research facilities
•2 min

Nobel Prize winner Anne L’Huillier visits SwissFEL

X-ray free-electron lasers could unlock the next frontier in attosecond research

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In the accelerator hall of SwissFEL: (L to R) Carlo Vicario, Eduard Prat Costa, Anne L’Huillier, Christoph Bostedt and Adrian Cavalieri.
In the accelerator hall of SwissFEL: (L to R) Carlo Vicario, Eduard Prat Costa, Anne L’Huillier, Christoph Bostedt and Adrian Cavalieri.
Artistic impression of a magnetic moment appearing in a spin liquid after excitation with an intense short THz pulse.
Artistic impression of a magnetic moment appearing in a spin liquid after excitation with an intense short THz pulse (Image: Roman Mankowsky).
22.08.2024
•Future Technologies

Controlling magnetic waves in a spin liquid

Scientists at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have shown that excitation of a spin liquid with intense THz pulses causes spins to appear and align within less than a picosecond. This induced coherent state causes a magnetic field to form inside the material, which is detected using ultrashort X-ray pulses at the X-ray Free Electron Laser SwissFEL.  

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Artistic impression of a magnetic moment appearing in a spin liquid after excitation with an intense short THz pulse.
Artistic impression of a magnetic moment appearing in a spin liquid after excitation with an intense short THz pulse (Image: Roman Mankowsky).

PSI Center for Photon Science

The intense beams of X-ray light at the user facilities operated by the PSI Center for Photon Science shed light on the smallest structures of matter. 

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•Large research facilities

Novel Photoresist Chemistry Enables Lithography Approaching Angstrom-Scale Resolution

Materials research
Nanotechnology
SLS

Photoresist materials are crucial in the manufacturing of computer chips, where the circuits are initially printed in the photoresist using photolithography.  As the demand for smaller and more precise circuitry in computer chips grows, photoresists must resolve features with smaller sizes and higher density. One of the factors determining the ultimate resolution in lithography is the molecular size/mass of the photoresists. 

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