Project Manager

Aurélien Manchon, Professor at Aix-Marseille University

N° ANR: 24-EXSP-0011

OXIMOR will focus on the study of orbital transport within oxide heterostructures, characterized by adjustable orbital order. These devices, already at the forefront of spin-orbitronics, offer a wide range of tunable parameters to generate and control orbital currents, with the goal of achieving low-power spintronics.

Concepts

> Generating pure orbital currents via orbital pumping

> Controlling orbital currents via the crystal field

> Utilizing orbital currents for orbital torques

The positioning of the project with the PEPR

> The major objective of OXIMOR is to advance orbitronic technology to enable low-power spintronic operations. By leveraging oxide materials that exhibit properties absent in traditional transition metal-based systems (such as ferroelectricity and piezoelectricity), the project aims to enhance the control of orbital currents, thereby reducing reliance on heavy metals in spintronic heterostructures. As a result, OXIMOR fully aligns with the ambitions of the PEPR SPIN, which seeks to develop innovative spintronics for more efficient, agile, and sustainable electronic devices.