The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) has, for the first time in the world, generated and controlled skyrmions at room temperature in a two-dimensional (2D) materials. This achievement reduces power consumption compared to traditional three-dimensional (3D) systems while maximizing quantum effects, making it a core technology for the development of room-temperature quantum computers and AI semiconductors.

Peter Fischer, a senior researcher at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), led a project to make 3D X-ray images of skyrmions that can characterize or measure the orientations of spins inside the whole object. “Our results provide a foundation for nanoscale metrology for spintronics devices,” Fischer said. The work was recently published in Science Advances.

Spintronics uses the spins of electrons to perform logic operations or store information. Ideally, spintronic devices could operate faster and more energy-efficiently than conventional semiconductor devices. However, it is still difficult to create and manipulate spin textures in materials.

Carlson is an expert in quantum materials who is working with Innovation in Quantum Pedagogy and its Relation to Culture (IQ-PARC), a project funded by the Department of Defense, to create videos to highlight the intricacies of quantum physics and the possibilities of a quantum future. Carlson harnesses her acuity in theoretical physics and mathematical models to explore the properties of quantum materials and their exotic new particles.

In a recent study published in Nature Physics, researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with researchers of University of Science and Technology of China, have introduced the concept of the "Topological Kerr Effect" by using the low-temperature magnetic field microscopy system and the magnetic force microscopy imaging system supported by the steady-state high magnetic field experimental facility.

In a recent collaboration between the High Magnetic Field Center of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the University of Science and Technology of China, researchers introduced the concept of the "Topological Kerr Effect" (TKE) by utilizing the low-temperature magnetic field microscopy system and magnetic force microscopy imaging system supported by the steady-state high magnetic field experimental facility.