General information
Organisation
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas :
• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.
Drawing on its widely acknowledged expertise, and thanks to its 16000 technicians, engineers, researchers and staff, the CEA actively participates in collaborative projects with a large number of academic and industrial partners.
The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
Reference
SL-DRF-26-0178
Direction
DRF
Thesis topic details
Category
Miscellaneous
Thesis topics
A new altermagnetic material with remarkable properties for spintronics
Contract
Thèse
Job description
Altermagnets represent a new class of magnetic materials that uniquely combine the advantages of ferromagnets (spin polarization of electric currents) and antiferromagnets (robustness against magnetic fields and ultrafast spin dynamics). As part of an international collaboration, we have experimentally discovered one of the very first and still rare altermagnets, Mn5Si3, thereby opening the way for new fundamental and applied research. Until now, Mn5Si3 has mainly been synthesized by molecular beam epitaxy, a high-precision technique but one that presents limitations for broader studies. Our goal is to develop the growth of Mn5Si3 using high-temperature sputtering, a more versatile and industry-compatible method, in order to explore and demonstrate its exceptional spin properties.
University / doctoral school
Ecole Doctorale de Physique de Grenoble (EdPHYS)
Université Grenoble Alpes
Thesis topic location
Site
Grenoble
Requester
Position start date
01/10/2025
Person to be contacted by the applicant
FAURE-VINCENT Jérôme 
jerome.faure-vincent@cea.fr
CEA
DRF/IRIG//SPINTEC
SPINTEC (Univ. Grenoble Alpes/CNRS/CEA)
IRIG / CEA Grenoble
17, Rue des Martyrs, Building 1005
38054 Grenoble Cedex, France
0438783409
Tutor / Responsible thesis director
BALTZ Vincent vincent.baltz@cea.fr
CNRS
DRF/IRIG/DEPHY/SPINTEC
SPINTEC (CEA/CNRS/Universités)
IRIG-CEA Bâtiment 1005
17, rue des MARTYRS
38054 GRENOBLE Cedex 09
04 38 78 03 24
En savoir plus
https://www.spintec.fr/research/antiferromagnetic-spintronics/
