Multiple perspectives on the present and future of magnonics

27.05.2022

The publication of the “Roadmap on Spin-Wave Computing” on the IEEE Transactions on Magnetics offers a varied overview on current and up-coming research on magnonics.

This roadmap is a product of the collective work of many authors, which covers versatile spin-wave computing approaches, conceptual building blocks, and underlying physical phenomena. In particular, the roadmap discusses the computation operations with the Boolean digital data, unconventional approaches, such as neuromorphic computing, and the progress toward magnon-based quantum computing.

One of the characteristics of this roadmap is the openness and variety of experts invited to participate. Through a combination of “snowballing” (asking experts to invite other experts to participate in the article) and giving freedom in the topics discussed to the co-authors, the paper offers a realistic “fingerprint” of the current status of this research field and a nice overview of the future perspectives.

We also would like to highlight the presence of many scientists from our Faculty in this paper. From the research group Physics of Functional Materials we find contributions from D. Suess, C. Aber and S. Koraltan. From the NanoMag, A. Chumak, O. Dobrovolskiy, Q. Wang and S. Knauer have participated.