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Prof. Rahul Mishra
Associate Professor


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About

Rahul received Ph.D. (Dec 2018) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from National University of Singapore, Singapore and B.Tech-M.Tech (Dual degree2006- 2011), in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur,India

He was Postdoctoral Researcher (Dec 2018 – Sep 2020) at National University of Singapore, Singapore and Graduate Student (Aug 2014 – Dec 2018), National University of Singapore, Singapore.

He has industrial experience of working as Component Design Engineer in Intel Corporation ,Bangalore, India from 2011-14.

His Current Research Interests span the areas of Magnetic RAM (MRAM) engineering, Spintronic/Magnetic devices for computing and communication, Spin-orbit torque devices and their physics, Devices for bio-inspired computing, Spin in quantum materials, Computational spintronics. He is a recipient of various National and International Level Awards and Recognitions.

Rahul has been with the Centre for Applied Research in Electronics since 2020 as an Assistant Professor.

  



Research Interest

  • Magnetic RAM (MRAM) engineering

  • Spintronic/Magnetic devices for computing and communication

  • Spin-orbit torque devices and their physics

  • Devices for bio-inspired computing

  • Spin in quantum materials

  • Computational spintronics











Contact Details

Email ramis@care.iitd.ac.in
Telephone +91-11-26548523
Address 124,Block-III,Centre for Applied Research in Electronics,
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110 016, INDIA










PhD Students

Ongoing:

Pinki
Area:  Low dimensional semiconductor structures for optoelectronic device applications
Supervisor : Prof. Samaresh Das and Prof. Rahul Mishra

Shubham
Area:  Devices for magnetic memory
Supervisor : Prof. Rahul Mishra

Tamkeen Farooq
Area:  Devices for neuromorphic computing
Supervisor : Prof. Rahul Mishra

Publications

  • Pinki Yadav, Pawan Kumar, Suprovat Ghosh, Alka Jakhar, Rahul Mishra, Samaresh Das, "Room-temperature broadband THz detection at zero bias in layered WSe2," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 127, 2025. DOI: 10.1063/5.0275907


  • Shubham Bhatt, Sadat Riyaz, Tamkeen Farooq, Pinki Yadav, Rahul Mishra, "Giant enhancement of spin–orbit torques with ultrathin high-κ dielectric insertion at the Pt/Co interface," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 127, 2025. DOI: 10.1063/5.0282980


  • Tamkeen Farooq, Sumit Sharma, Shubham Bhatt, Samaresh Das, Rahul Mishra, "A charge trap–based MoSe2 device emulating bio-realistic synaptic functionalities," Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, vol. 58, pp. 055103, 2024. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/ad8f41


  • Pinki Yadav, Chen Xinhou, Shubham Bhatt, Samaresh Das, Hyunsoo Yang, Rahul Mishra, "Highly Efficient Spintronic Terahertz Emitter Utilizing a Large Spin Hall Conductivity of Type-II Dirac Semimetal PtTe2," Nano Letters, vol. 24, pp. 2376–2383, 2024. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c04986


  • R. Sharma, R.Mishra, T. Ngo, Y.X. Guo, S. Fukami, H. Sato, H. Ohno & H. Yang.Electrically connected spin-torque oscillators array for 2.4 GHz WiFi band transmission and energy harvesting.Nature Communications 12, 2924 (2021)


  • R. Mishra, T. Kim, J. Park & H. Yang.Shared-write-channel-based device for high-density spin-orbit-torque magnetic random-access memory. Physical Review Applied 15, 024063 (2021)


  • R. Mishra & H. Yang.Emerging Spintronics Phenomena and Applications. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 1 (2020). Journal Cover


  • Mahfouzi, F., Mishra, R., Chang, P.-H., Yang, H. & Kioussis, N. Microscopic origin of spin-orbit torque in ferromagnetic heterostructures: A first-principles approach. Physical Review B 101, 060405, (2020).


  • Cai, K., Zhu, Z., Lee, J. M., Mishra, R., Ren, L., Pollard, S. D. et al. Ultrafast and energy-efficient spin–orbit torque switching in compensated ferrimagnets. Nature Electronics 3, 37 (2020).


  • Wang, Y., Zhu, D., Yang, Y., Lee, K., Mishra, R., Go, G., Oh, S-H., Kim, D-H., Cai, K., Liu, E., Pollard, S.D., Shi, S., Lee, J., Teo, K.L., Wu, Y., Lee, K-J. & Yang, H. Magnetization switching by magnon-mediated spin torque through an antiferromagnetic insulator. Science 366, 1125 (2019).


  • Mishra, R., Kumar, D. & Yang, H. Oxygen-migration-based spintronic device emulating a biological synapse. Physical Review Applied 11, 054065 (2019), Editor’s Suggestion.


  • Mishra, R., Mahfouzi, F., Kumar, D., Cai, K., Chen, M., Qiu, X., Kioussis, N. & Yang, H. Electric-field control of spin accumulation direction for spin-orbit torques. Nature Communications 10, 248 (2019).


  • Yu, J., Bang, D.*, Mishra, R.*, Ramaswamy, R., Oh, J. H., Park, H.-J. et al. Long spin coherence length and bulk-like spin–orbit torque in ferrimagnetic multilayers. Nature Materials 18, 29 (2019). (* equal contribution)


  • Chen, M., Mishra, R., Wu, Y., Lee, K. & Yang, H. Terahertz emission from compensated magnetic heterostructures. Advanced Optical Materials 6, 1800430 (2018).


  • Lee, J. M., Kwon, J. H., Ramaswamy, R., Yoon, J., Son, J., Qiu, X., Mishra, R., Srivastava, S., Cai, K. & Yang, H. Oscillatory spin-orbit torque switching induced by field-like torques. Communications Physics 1, 2 (2018).


  • Wang, Y., Zhu, D., Wu, Y., Yang, Y., Yu, J., Ramaswamy, R., Mishra, R., Shi, S., Elyasi, M., Teo, K.-L., Wu, Y. & Yang, H. Room temperature magnetization switching in topological insulator-ferromagnet heterostructures by spin-orbit torques. Nature Communications 8, 1364 (2017).


  • Mishra, R., Yu, J., Qiu, X., Motapothula, M., Venkatesan, T. & Yang, H. Anomalous current-induced spin torques in ferrimagnets near compensation. Physical Review Letters 118, 167201 (2017).


  • Legrand, W., Ramaswamy, R., Mishra, R. & Yang, H. Coherent subnanosecond switching of perpendicular magnetization by the fieldlike spin-orbit torque without an external magnetic field. Physical Review Applied 3, 064012 (2015).


  • Mishra, R., Ghosh, B. & Banerjee, S. K. Device and circuit performance evaluation and improvement of SiGe tunnel FETs. AIP Conference Proceedings 1341, 185 (2011).


Patents

  • Yang, H., Mishra, R., Jiawei, Y. High efficiency spin torque switching using a ferrimagnet (US10475988B2).


Awards and Honors

  • May 2019 - Paper titled “Oxygen migration based spintronic device emulating biological synapse” selected as Editor’s suggestion in Physical Review Applied.


  • Jan 2019 - Best student presentation finalist in MMM-Intermag Joint Conference, Washington D.C., USA.


  • Jan 2019 - IEEE Magnetics Society travel grant, MMM-Intermag Joint Conference, Washington D.C., USA.


  • Aug 2014 – Aug 2018 President’s Graduate Fellowship, National University of Singapore, Singapore.


  • 2010 - Academic Excellence Award, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India.


Meetings & Talks

  • Nov 2019 - MMM 2019, Las Vegas, USA. “Oxygen-migration-based magnetic device emulating a biological synapse.” (Oral)


  • Jan 2019 - Joint MMM-Intermag conference, Washington D.C., USA. “Electric-field control of spin accumulation direction in a spin-orbit torque device.” (Oral)


  • Nov 2017 - 39th Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS), Singapore. “Enhanced current-induced torques in ferrimagnets due to negative exchange.” (Invited)


  • Jun 2017 - 10th International Conference on Material for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT), Singapore. “Enhanced current-induced torques in ferrimagnets due to negative exchange.” (Oral)


  • Apr 2017 - INTERMAG 2017, Dublin, Ireland. “Electric field control of spin-orbit torque polarity in ferromagnets.” (Poster)


  • Aug 2016 - International Conference of the Asian Union of Magnetics Societies, Tainan, Taiwan. “High switching efficiency in ferrimagnet spin-orbit torques devices.” (Oral)


  • Jul 2016 - IEEE Magnetics summer school 2016, Tohoku University, Tohoku, Japan.


  • Jun 2016 - International Conference on Electronic Materials (ICEM), Singapore. “Very efficient spin-orbit torques based on ferrimagnets.” (Oral)