For a position as a PhD Candidate, the goal is a completed doctoral education up to an obtained doctoral degree.

This project aims to demonstrate a proof-of-concept multilayer device for efficient low-power readout of the microstate in coupled nanomagnetic ensembles (artificial spin systems). Such coupled nanomagnets can be used as hardware for neuromorphic computing, however establishing efficient schemes for input encoding and electrical read-out of these system states are essential. The project will make a multilayer device with a complex oxide read-out layer with the nanomagnets on top. The main focus will be using advanced nanofabrication technology for the deposition of different layers and patterning/lithography of the device, coupled with the understanding of intrinsic properties of materials and interface couplings.

The PhD position in the field of nanotechnology for future spintronics is available at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. This project is interdisciplinary, and the PhD candidate will be part of a larger group using pulsed laser deposition as a tool to engineer new quantum materials, within the Functional Materials and Materials Chemistry Research Group (FACET – http://www.ntnu.edu/ima/research/facet) and a group focusing on artificial spin ice for novel computing systems (COMET - https://www.ntnu.edu/web/ie/eecs/COMET#/view/about)

Your immediate leader is the Head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.

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