Responsable du projet

Yuan Lu, Research fellow at the Institut Jean Lamour

This project has the potential to revolutionize the next generation of information and communication technologies, with direct applications in Li-Fi (Light Fidelity) and LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging). Moreover, by further developing spin lasers as sources of coherent light, the project’s results could be applied to optical links in data centers, intra-chip communications integrated with silicon photonics, space optical communications, and much more.

Challenges

> Implementation of high-speed optical communication in the gigahertz range through the electrical control of magnetization dynamics in spin-LED emitters, coupled with information decoding using spin photodiodes as detectors.

> Exploration of the ultimate limits of polarization switching dynamics through the fully optical switching (AOS) of spin injectors.

Positioning the project with the PEPR

The OptoSpinCom project aims to revolutionize spintronics by harnessing spin-photon conversion for telecommunications, building on advances in SOT, PMA, and AOS. It complements and supports several PEPRs: SPIN (through the SPINMAT and SPINCHARAC projects for advanced materials and characterizations), the LUMA PEPR (light-matter interaction), the ELECTRONICS PEPR, and the Future Networks PEPR (ultra-fast modulation), as well as the Quantum PEPR (polarized photon sources for quantum computing).