Abstract: This left-handed substance comprises an array of conductive wires positioned relative to one another in such a way as to present a negative permittivity relative to the electromagnetic waves which have an electrical field parallel to the biggest dimension of these wires and are propagated at a frequency below the electrical plasma frequency of the substance, each wire being made out of a conductive magnetic material having negative permeability for a range of frequencies of the electromagnetic waves below the electrical plasma frequency of the substance and when there is no external artificial static magnetic field. Each wire comprises at least one strip, made out of a conductive magnetic material that extends along the greatest dimension of the wire in a plane of the strip and has a thickness at least twice as small as the skin thickness of the conductive magnetic material.

Abstract: A nanoswitch device comprising: at least one stationary element (52) and at least one element (50) which is at least partially made of a magnetic material and which is movable with respect to the stationary element, means of activating the movable element, comprising: and at least one first and one second magnetic means (30, 30?, 40, 40?) each having a planar shape, defining a first and a second plane, in order to generate remanent magnetization in a direction contained within said first plane or perpendicular to this first plane, means (36, 36?) for reversing the direction of the remanent magnetization of at least one of said first and second magnetic means.

Abstract: A magnetic field vector sensor includes a substrate parallel to a plane, a support mobile relative to it and rotatable about a vertical rotation axis perpendicular to it, a magnetic field source generating a field having a moment in a non-perpendicular direction, the source being fixed to the support with no degree-of-freedom to exert torque on the support when a field to be measured is present, the field being non-collinear with the moment, a transducer to convert torque exerted on the support into a field amplitude of a component of the field along a measurement axis in the plane, wherein the source comprises a magnetostrictive permanent magnet for generating the field having a moment whose direction varies with stress on the magnet, and wherein the sensor further comprises a controllable device to reversibly modify the moment direction, and a stress generator to vary stress and hence moment direction.

Abstract: A nano-resonator device comprising at least one fixed element and at least one mobile element with respect to the fixed element, first electromagnetic means, integrated or fixed on the fixed element, and second electromagnetic means, integrated or fixed on the mobile element, to generate an oscillating movement of the mobile element.

Abstract: A miniature magnetic core includes at least one bar magnet having, in the demagnetized state, a plurality of magnetic domains separated by magnetic walls, the bar magnet having permanent discontinuities placed at least approximately at the probable locations of at least some of these magnetic walls in the absence of these permanent discontinuities. A miniature sensor includes a miniature core that cooperates with at least one excitation coil and at least one detection coil. A method for manufacturing the magnetic core includes identifying the probable location of the magnetic walls, depositing at least a thin film of magnetic material on a support in order to form the core and producing, in said core, discontinuities approximately at the identified locations of the walls.

Abstract: According to this method for producing a magnetic tunnel junction, a film of a dielectric material capable of acting as a tunnel barrier is deposited between two nanocrystalline or amorphous magnetic films. The dielectric material constituting the tunnel barrier consists of an at least partially crystalline perovskite, and said material is deposited by ion beam sputtering in a vacuum chamber.

Abstract: This variable-response magnetic radiofrequency device integrated into a substrate comprises: a beam that is mobile relative to the substrate having, at each end, a transversal part mechanically anchored to the substrate and at least one central arm connecting the transversal parts to each other, at least one of the transversal parts being made out of a piezoelectric material, actuating electrodes associated with the piezoelectric material to apply a stress on the central arm, a magnetic element directly deposited on the central arm whose permeability varies as a function of the stress, and a conductive strip comprising a central part fixed to an upper face of the magnetic element opposite the lower face of this magnetic element pointed towards the central arm.

Abstract: Substrates to be aligned include microcoils arranged at the level of their facing surfaces. In an alignment phase, power is supplied to at least the microcoils of the first substrate, whereas the inductance of the microcoils of the second substrate is measured. The microcoils are preferably flat microcoils in the form of a spiral or a serpentine.

Abstract: This left-handed substance comprises an array of conductive wires positioned relative to one another in such a way as to present a negative permittivity relative to the electromagnetic waves which have an electrical field parallel to the biggest dimension of these wires and are propagated at a frequency below the electrical plasma frequency of the substance, each wire being made out of a conductive magnetic material having negative permeability for a range of frequencies of the electromagnetic waves below the electrical plasma frequency of the substance and when there is no external artificial static magnetic field. Each wire comprises at least one strip, made out of a conductive magnetic material that extends along the greatest dimension of the wire in a plane of the strip and has a thickness at least twice as small as the skin thickness of the conductive magnetic material.

Abstract: A radio-frequency device comprises magneto-dielectric elements. At least one of these elements comprises a composite thin film (10). This film (10) comprises a magnetic material (16, 18) offering permeability above 10 at 1 GHz and a dielectric material (12, 22) offering permittivity above 10 at 1 GHz.

Abstract: The inductive micro-device comprises a rectilinear solenoid winding comprising a plurality of disjointed rectangular turns each having predetermined dimensions. At least one of the dimensions of the turns is variable and is determined individually for each turn according to the position of the turn along the winding and to predetermined magnetic characteristics of the winding, in particular a homogeneous magnetic field and/or an optimum quality factor. Said variable dimension of the turns is chosen from the width, length, thickness, height of turn and the value of the gap between two adjacent turns.

Abstract: A nano-resonator device comprising at least one fixed element and at least one mobile element with respect to the fixed element, first electromagnetic means, integrated or fixed on the fixed element, and second electromagnetic means, integrated or fixed on the mobile element, to generate an oscillating movement of the mobile element.

Abstract: The magnetic device according to the invention is integrated on a substrate and comprises at least one element made of piezoelectric material associated with actuating electrodes, and at least one magnetic element able to deform under the stress of the piezoelectric material element. The device has the form of a beam movable with respect to the substrate, and comprises two transverse parts of predetermined width, along a reference longitudinal axis. The piezoelectric material element is formed by at least a part of a transverse part and each transverse part comprises a zone for mechanical anchoring on the substrate. The transverse parts are connected by at least one central branch, of predetermined width, on which the magnetic element is arranged.

Abstract: A nanoswitch device comprising: at least one stationary element (52) and at least one element (50) which is at least partially made of a magnetic material and which is movable with respect to the stationary element, means of activating the movable element, comprising: and at least one first and one second magnetic means (30, 30?, 40, 40?) each having a planar shape, defining a first and a second plane, in order to generate remanent magnetization in a direction contained within said first plane or perpendicular to this first plane, means (36, 36?) for reversing the direction of the remanent magnetization of at least one of said first and second magnetic means.

Abstract: Substrates to be aligned comprise microcoils arranged at the level of their facing surfaces. In an alignment phase, power is supplied to at least the microcoils of the first substrate, whereas the inductance of the microcoils of the second substrate is measured. The microcoils are preferably flat microcoils in the form of a spiral or a serpentine.

Abstract: A thin soft magnetic film combines a high magnetization with an insulating character. The film is formed by nitriding Fe-rich ferromagnetic nanograins immersed in an amorphous substrate. A selective oxidation of the amorphous substrate is then performed. The result is a thin, insulating, soft magnetic film of high magnetization. Many types of integrated circuits can be made which include a component using a membrane incorporating the above-mentioned thin film.

Abstract: A thin soft magnetic film combines a high magnetization with an insulating character. The film is formed by nitriding Fe-rich ferromagnetic nanograins immersed in an amorphous substrate. A selective oxidation of the amorphous substrate is then performed. The result is a thin, insulating, soft magnetic film of high magnetization. Many types of integrated circuits can be made which include a component using a membrane incorporating the above-mentioned thin film.

Abstract: A miniature magnetic core includes at least one bar magnet having, in the demagnetized state, a plurality of magnetic domains separated by magnetic walls, the bar magnet having permanent discontinuities placed at least approximately at the probable locations of at least some of these magnetic walls in the absence of these permanent discontinuities. A miniature sensor includes a miniature core that cooperates with at least one excitation coil and at least one detection coil. A method for manufacturing the magnetic core includes identifying the probable location of the magnetic walls, depositing at least a thin film of magnetic material on a support in order to form the core and producing, in said core, discontinuities approximately at the identified locations of the walls.

Abstract: A radiofrequency device may include an electrically conducting element associated with at least one continuous magnetic element. The first continuous magnetic element may include a substrate coated with a magnetic film having a granular structure, with grains that are inclined to the normal to the substrate, or a columnar texture inclined to the normal of the substrate.

Abstract: The coil comprises a plurality of non-joined turns, each turn comprising a rectangular bottom flat section in a bottom plane and a rectangular top flat section in a top plane and two rising sections. The turns fill almost all of the enveloping surface of the coil, a minimum isolating gap separating the adjacent turns. The top and bottom sections corresponding to one and the same turn are aligned with respect to one another and have a larger width than the width of the corresponding rising sections. The turns constitute a plurality of substantially parallel coil branches, rising sections of two adjacent branches arranged between the two adjacent branches being arranged alternately in a single plane.