Magnons are collective spin excitations that can propagate over long distances — an attractive trait for information-transfer technologies — but we need to better understand their thermodynamic properties. A platform using graphene may hold the key.
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Carrega, M., Heun, S. To measure a magnon population. Nat. Phys. 18, 3–4 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-021-01396-9
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