Department of Applied Physics

Nanomagnetism and Spintronics (NanoSpin)

Our research focuses on experimental studies of magnetic, magneto-optical, and spin-transport phenomena in new functional materials and hybrid nanoscale structures.
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We work on nanoscale phenomena and materials for future memory and unconventional computing technologies. We are interested in approaches that can be disruptive to the field. We study new control mechanisms of magnetism involving low-power voltages and ultrafast laser pulses. We work on low-loss hybrid magnonics, coupling of magnons to phonons, photons, and plasmons, reconfigurable magnonic neural networks, active control of magnetic skyrmions, and emerging phenomena in artificial spin ice. For smart in-sensor computing, we develop multisensory interconnected networks that can process multimodal information using photomemristor networks with build-in memory.

We are a multidisciplinary and experimental research group. Our laboratory houses dedicated equipment for material growth, lithography, and structural, magnetic, and electronic transport characterization. We operate pulsed laser deposition and magnetron sputtering systems for high-quality film growth, use super-Nyquist sampling magneto-optical Kerr effect microscopy and broadband spin-wave spectroscopy for spin-wave characterization, measure magnetoplasmonic properties using a femtosecond-laser setup and magneto-optical spectrometry, and analyze magnetic properties by various microscopy and magnetometry techniques.

Prof. Sebastiaan van Dijken

Group leader

Professor Sebastiaan van Dijken

Magnonics1

Magnonics

We study spin waves in YIG-based magnonic structures and work on wave-based neural networks.

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E-field1

Voltage Control of Magnetism

We control magnetism by voltage using strain transfer in multiferroic structures and ion migration in metal/oxide bilayers.

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Skyrmions1

Magnetic Skyrmions

We investigate the formation, annihilation, switching, and motion of magnetic skyrmions and skyrmion lattices.

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Magnetoplasmonics

Magnetoplasmonics

We use plasmonics to tailor magneto-optical responses, study nanolasing, and control all-optical magnetic switching.

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Spin-ice1

Artificial Spin Ice

Utilizing frustration by design, we explore the real-time dynamics of magnetic excitations in artificial spin ice and spin glass systems.

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Multisensory Interconnected Network

Multisensory Interconnected Networks

We explore materials and concepts for neuromorphic computing and smart sensing technology.

Department of Applied Physics

Latest publications

Solid-State Lithium Ion Supercapacitor for Voltage Control of Skyrmions

Maria Ameziane, Joonatan Huhtasalo, Lukáš Flajšman, Rhodri Mansell, Sebastiaan van Dijken 2023 Nano Letters

Element-sensitive x-ray absorption spectroscopy and magnetometry of Lu(Fe0.2Mn0.2Co0.2Cr0.2Ni0.2) O3 high-entropy oxide perovskite thin films

Alan Farhan, Maria Cocconcelli, Federico Stramaglia, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Lukáš Flajšman, Marcus Wyss, Lide Yao, Cinthia Piamonteze, Sebastiaan Van Dijken 2023 Physical Review Materials

Dynamic machine vision with retinomorphic photomemristor-reservoir computing

Hongwei Tan, Sebastiaan van Dijken 2023 Nature Communications

Editorial: Neuro-inspired sensing and computing: Novel materials, devices, and systems

Hongwei Tan, Zhong Sun, Xiaojian Zhu 2023 FRONTIERS IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE

Energy Efficient Single Pulse Switching of [Co/Gd/Pt]N Nanodisks Using Surface Lattice Resonances

Maxime Vergès, Sreekanth Perumbilavil, Julius Hohlfeld, Francisco Freire-Fernández, Yann Le Guen, Nikolai Kuznetsov, François Montaigne, Gregory Malinowski, Daniel Lacour, Michel Hehn, Sebastiaan van Dijken, Stéphane Mangin 2023 Advanced Science

Lithium-Ion Battery Technology for Voltage Control of Perpendicular Magnetization

Maria Ameziane, Rhodri Mansell, Ville Havu, Patrick Rinke, Sebastiaan van Dijken 2022 Advanced Functional Materials

Advances in Magnetics Roadmap on Spin-Wave Computing

A. V. Chumak, P. Kabos, M. Wu, C. Abert, C. Adelmann, A. Adeyeye, J. Akerman, F. G. Aliev, A. Anane, A. Awad, C. H. Back, A. Barman, G. E.W. Bauer, M. Becherer, E. N. Beginin, V. A.S.V. Bittencourt, Y. M. Blanter, P. Bortolotti, I. Boventer, D. A. Bozhko, S. A. Bunyaev, J. J. Carmiggelt, R. R. Cheenikundil, F. Ciubotaru, S. Cotofana, G. Csaba, O. V. Dobrovolskiy, C. Dubs, M. Elyasi, K. G. Fripp, H. Fulara, I. A. Golovchanskiy, C. Gonzalez-Ballestero, P. Graczyk, D. Grundler, P. Gruszecki, G. Gubbiotti, K. Guslienko, A. Haldar, S. Hamdioui, R. Hertel, B. Hillebrands, T. Hioki, A. Houshang, C. M. Hu, H. Huebl, M. Huth, E. Iacocca, M. B. Jungfleisch, G. N. Kakazei, A. Khitun, R. Khymyn, T. Kikkawa, M. Klaui, O. Klein, J. W. Klos, S. Knauer, S. Koraltan, M. Kostylev, M. Krawczyk, I. N. Krivorotov, V. V. Kruglyak, D. Lachance-Quirion, S. Ladak, R. Lebrun, Y. Li, M. Lindner, R. Macedo, S. Mayr, G. A. Melkov, S. Mieszczak, Y. Nakamura, H. T. Nembach, A. A. Nikitin, S. A. Nikitov, V. Novosad, J. A. Otalora, Y. Otani, A. Papp, B. Pigeau, P. Pirro, W. Porod, F. Porrati, H. Qin, B. Rana, T. Reimann, F. Riente, O. Romero-Isart, A. Ross, A. V. Sadovnikov, A. R. Safin, E. Saitoh, G. Schmidt, H. Schultheiss, K. Schultheiss, A. A. Serga, S. Sharma, J. M. Shaw, D. Suess, O. Surzhenko, K. Szulc, T. Taniguchi, M. Urbanek, K. Usami, A. B. Ustinov, T. Van der Sar, S. Van Dijken, V. I. Vasyuchka, R. Verba, S. Viola Kusminskiy, Qi Wang, M. Weides, M. Weiler, S. Wintz, S. P. Wolski, X. Zhang 2022 IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Weak ferromagnetism in Tb(Fe0.2Mn0.2Co0.2Cr0.2Ni0.2) O3 high-entropy oxide perovskite thin films

Alan Farhan, Federico Stramaglia, Maria Cocconcelli, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Lide Yao, Armin Kleibert, Cinthia Piamonteze, Sebastiaan Van Dijken 2022 Physical Review B

Wideband Brillouin light scattering analysis of spin waves excited by a white-noise RF generator

Lukas Flajsman, Ondrej Wojewoda, Huajun Qin, Kristyna Davidkova, Michal Urbánek, Sebastiaan van Dijken 2022 Applied Physics Letters

Magnetic on–off switching of a plasmonic laser

Francisco Freire-Fernández, Javier Cuerda, Konstantinos S. Daskalakis, Sreekanth Perumbilavil, Jani Petri Martikainen, Kristian Arjas, Päivi Törmä, Sebastiaan van Dijken 2022 Nature Photonics
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