UFO (UltraFast Opto-magneto-spintronics for Future Nanotechnologies)

The UFO research program can be summarized in three major objectives:

- Provide a fundamental understanding of the interaction between ultra-short (polarised) pulses of light, spin polarised current and magnetic objects especially at the nanometer length scale and femto-second time scale in engineered spintronic devices;

- Demonstrate that magnetization and polarized current can be manipulated in spintronic devices such as a magnetic SOT-Hall cross, spin-valves and tunnel junctions with the help of polarized light;

- Fabricate spintronic devices (memory cells and logic elements) prototypes evidencing speed, energy efficiency and scalability when illuminated with femtosecond laser pulses.