電子スピン物性工学研究室

NEWS

2026-07-08　Mr. Yan and Assoc. Prof. Yamashita presented their research at IEEE Nano.　

2026-03-26　【Special Event】Prof. Oscar Céspedes (University of Leeds) Lectures on Emergent molecular spintronics!

2026-04-06　【New members!】Mr. Kaijie Chen and Mr. Hiromichi Yamashita, Welcome to SPIN LAB!

Introduction

SPIN LAB is newly launched research group at Kyushu University, established in January 2025 and led by Associate Professor Naoto Yamashita. Rooted in fundamental physics and driven by the goal of creating innovative devices, our research focuses on the field of spintronics from three key perspectives: crystal growth, interfacial physics, and device physics. The core of SPIN LAB's research lies in spin currents—the flow of spin angular momentum. We are particularly passionate about understanding and advancing their generation, transport, and control, as these processes: the foundation of innovative spintronic technologies.

Currently, we are working in the following three specific areas in spintronics:

Ferrimagnetic Garnet

In the largest scale,
we have developed
uniform deposition technology
for electrically switchable
ferrimagnetic garnet.

M. N. Agusutrisno, N. Yamashita et al.,
Thin Solid Films 788, 140176 (2024).

Spin Currents in Semiconductor

For the first time,
we succeeded in formation of an ohmic contact by a ferrimagnetic metal on non-degenerate n-type silicon.

N. Yamashita, Y. Ando, et al.,
Physical Review Materials 6, 104405 (2022).

Spin-Caloritronics

For the first time,
we have generated
spin current in semiconductors
via the spin-dependent Seebeck effect.

N. Yamashita, Y. Ando, M. Shiraishi et al., Physical Review Applied 9, 054002 (2018).

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Member

Associate Professor

Naoto Yamashita Ph.D.

Doctoral Students

Xu Jinyu

Master Students

Lei Yan

Tomosuke Imamura

Kaijie Chen

Undergraduate Students

Hiromichi Yamashita

Main Research Papers

⭐Roselle Ngaloy$, Naoto Yamashita*$, Bing Zhao, Soojung Kim, Kohei Yamashita, Ivo P. C. Cools, Marlis N. Agusutrisno, Soobeom Lee, Yuichiro Kurokawa, Chun-Yeol You, Hiromi Yuasa, Saroj P. Dash$, "Deterministic spin-orbit torque switching of epitaxial ferrimagnetic insulator with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy fabricated by on-axis magnetron sputtering", npj Spintronics 3, 40 (2025).