Speeding up antiferromagnetic switching

Subjects Magneto-opticsSpintronics Room-temperature non-volatile antiferromagnetic switching in 140 picoseconds is demonstrated in a nanometre-thick metallic material. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution Access options Access through your institution Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription $32.99 / 30 days cancel any time Learn more Subscribe to this journal Receive 12 print issues and online access $259.00 per year only $21.58 per issue Learn more Rent or buy this article Prices vary by article type from$1.95 to$39.95 Learn more Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout Fig. 1: Electrically induced picosecond switching of antiferromagnetism in Mn3Sn. ReferencesCoughlin, T. Seagate shows path to over 100TB hard disk drives. Forbes (23 May 2025); https://go.nature.com/44vKTW8Ogawa, K. et al. Nat. Mater. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02402-8 (2025).Article PubMed Google Scholar Schönfeld, C. et al. Sci. Adv. 11, eadv4207 (2025).Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Stanciu, C. D. et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 047601 (2007).Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Stupakiewicz, A., Szerenos, K., Afanasiev, D., Kirilyuk, A. & Kimel, A. V. Nature 542, 71–74 (2017).Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Bossini, D. et al. J. Phys. D 56, 273001 (2023).Article CAS Google Scholar Leenders, R. A., Afanasiev, D., Kimel, A. V. & Mikhaylovskiy, R. V. Nature 630, 335–339 (2024).Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Download referencesAuthor informationAuthors and AffiliationsDepartment of Physics and Center for Applied Photonics, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, GermanyDavide BossiniAuthorsDavide BossiniView author publicationsSearch author on:PubMed Google ScholarCorresponding authorCorrespondence to Davide Bossini.Ethics declarations Competing interests The author declares no competing interests. Rights and permissionsReprints and permissionsAbout this articleCite this articleBossini, D. Speeding up antiferromagnetic switching. Nat. Mater. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02454-wDownload citationPublished: 17 December 2025Version of record: 17 December 2025DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02454-wShare this articleAnyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content:Get shareable linkSorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article.Copy shareable link to clipboard Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative Ultrafast time-resolved observation of non-thermal current-induced switching in an antiferromagnetic Weyl semimetal Kazuma OgawaHanshen TsaiRyo Shimano Nature Materials Article 04 Dec 2025