Optimal Control Drives Ultrafast and Energy-Efficient Magnetization Switching in van der Waals Magnets
July 2026 Mohammad H. Badarneh†; PeiYu Cai†; Elton J. G. Santos Advanced Materials (Accepted)

Co-first author. Conducted atomistic spin dynamics simulations on CrSBr to benchmark the energy costs of static-field reversal and calibrate the baseline for Optimal Control Theory (OCT) protocols, which achieve sub-picosecond switching with femtojoule energy costs in vdW magnets.