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Dr. Helmut Schultheiß

Head Magnonics
Emmy Noether group leader
h.schultheissAthzdr.de
Phone: +49 351 260 3243

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Emmy Noether research group of Dr. Helmut Schultheiß

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Within this project we investigate the fundamental connections between spin waves, spin polarized electrons and photons, combining the three recently emerged research directions of magnonics, spintronics and photonics. This research is driven by the demand for new concepts, technologies and materials for information processing since, on one side, electronics is reaching its physical limit of speed due to waste heat generation and, on the other side, photonics lacks fast, electronic control on small length scales. Spin waves, being the fundamental dynamic excitations of ferromagnets with frequencies in the gigahertz to terahertz regime, offer the unique opportunity to merge the best aspects of spintronics and photonics opening new pathways for information processing. You can find a more detailed overview of our current research topics here.

Our methods cover for example time- and phase-resolved Brillouin light scattering microscopy (TR-µBLS), time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr microscopy (TR-µMOKE), a femtosecond-laser system, electrical detection via the (inverse) spin Hall effect (ISHE) as well as micromagnetic simulation.

Joining our group

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If you are interested in joining our group (i.e. for a Bachelor, Master or PhD Thesis, as a research assistant or postdoc) see our open positions section for possible topics or directly contact Dr. Helmut Schultheiß. Exemplary topics are:

Interaction of spin waves and spin polarized currents

Using the spin degree of electrons and coherent transport of spin information is one of the grand challenges of condensed matter physics. Spin wave, which are also called magnons, are the fundamental exciation quanta of a ferromagnet and can interact with spin polarized currents. This interaction can be studied on a nanometer lengthscale using magneto-optical techniques such as Kerr-effect and Brillouin light scattering microscopy as well as electrical measurements based on the (inverse) spin Hall effect.

Magneto-Plasmonik

Plasmons are electromagnetic waves propagating along metal-dielectric interfaces. Plasmons as well as magnons are not only interesting from a physicists point of view but are also promising candidates for future information processing technologies superseeding conventional CMOS devices. During a master or bachelor thesis the candidate will invesigate the interaction between magnons and plasmons in metallic/ferromagnetic hybrid devices.

Recent publications

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2021

Theory of three-magnon interaction in a vortex-state magnetic nanodot

Verba, R.; Körber, L.; Schultheiß, K.; Schultheiß, H.; Tiberkevich, V.; Slavin, A.

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The 2021 Magnonics Roadmap

Barman, A.; Gubbiotti, G.; Ladak, S.; Adeyeye, A. O.; Krawczyk, M.; Gräfe, J.; Chumak, A. V.; Khitun, A.; Nikonev, D.; Young, I. A.; Vasyuchka, V. I.; Hillebrands, B.; Nikitov, S. A.; Yu, H.; Grundler, D.; Sadovnikov, A. V.; Grachev, A. A.; Sheshukova, S. E.; Duquesne, J.-Y.; Marangolo, M.; Csaba, G.; Porod, W.; Demidov, V. E.; Urazhdin, S.; Demokritov, S. O.; Albisetti, E.; Petti, D.; Bertacco, R.; Schultheiß, H.; Kruglyak, V. V.; Poimanov, V. D.; Sahoo, S.; Sinha, J.; Moriyama, T.; Mizukami, S.; Yang, H.; Münzenburg, M.; Landeros, P.; Gallardo, R. A.; Carlotti, G.; Kim, J.-V.; Stamps, R. L.; Camley, R. E.; Rana, B.; Otani, Y.; Yu, W.; Yu, T.; Bauer, G. E. W.; Back, C.; Uhrig, G. S.; Dobrovolskiy, O. V.; van Dijken, S.; Budinska, B.; Qin, H.; Adelmann, C.; Cotofana, S.; Naeemi, A.; Zingsem, B. W.; Winklhofer, M.

Frequency- and magnetic-field-dependent properties of ordered magnetic nanoparticle arrangements

Neugebauer, N.; Hache, T.; Elm, M. T.; Hofmann, D. M.; Heiliger, C.; Schultheiß, H.; Klar, P. J.

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  • Physical Review B (2021)

Magnetic texture based magnonics

Yu, H.; Xiao, J.; Schultheiß, H.

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  • Secondary publication expected from 06.01.2022

2020

Propagation of spin waves through a Néel domain wall

Wojewoda, O.; Hula, T.; Flajšman, L.; Vaňatka, M.; Gloss, J.; Holobrádek, J.; Staňo, M.; Stienen, S.; Körber, L.; Schultheiß, K.; Schmid, M.; Schultheiß, H.; Urbánek, M.

Zero-field propagation of spin waves in waveguides prepared by focused ion beam direct writing

Flajšman, L.; Wagner, K.; Vaňatka, M.; Gloss, J.; Křižáková, V.; Schmid, M.; Schultheiß, H.; Urbánek, M.

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Nonlocal stimulation of three-magnon splitting in a magnetic vortex

Körber, L.; Schultheiß, K.; Hula, T.; Verba, R.; Faßbender, J.; Kakay, A.; Schultheiß, H.

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Nonlinear losses in magnon transport due to four-magnon scattering

Hula, T.; Schultheiß, K.; Buzdakov, A.; Körber, L.; Bejarano, M.; Flacke, L.; Liensberger, L.; Weiler, M.; Shaw, J. M.; Nembach, H. T.; Faßbender, J.; Schultheiß, H.

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  • Secondary publication expected from 27.07.2021

Bipolar spin Hall nano-oscillators

Hache, T.; Li, Y.; Weinhold, T.; Scheumann, B.; Trindade Goncalves, F. J.; Hellwig, O.; Faßbender, J.; Schultheiß, H.

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  • Applied Physics Letters 116(2020), 192405
  • Lecture (Conference) (Online presentation)
    65th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM 2020), 02.-06.11.2020, virtual conference, virtual conference

Freestanding and positionable microwave-antenna device for magneto-optical spectroscopy experiments

Hache, T.; Vaňatka, M.; Flajšman, L.; Weinhold, T.; Hula, T.; Ciubotariu, O.; Albrecht, M.; Arkook, B.; Barsukov, I.; Fallarino, L.; Hellwig, O.; Faßbender, J.; Urbánek, M.; Schultheiß, H.

Domain wall-based spin-Hall nano-oscillators

Sato, N.; Schultheiß, K.; Körber, L.; Puwenberg, N.; Mühl, T.; Awad, A. A.; Arekapudi, S. S. P. K.; Hellwig, O.; Faßbender, J.; Schultheiß, H.

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2019

Imaging and writing magnetic domains in the non-collinear antiferromagnet Mn₃Sn

Reichlova, H.; Janda, T.; Godinho, J.; Markou, A.; Kriegner, D.; Schlitz, R.; Zelezny, J.; Soban, Z.; Bejarano, M.; Schultheiß, H.; Nemec, P.; Jungwirth, T.; Felser, C.; Wunderlich, J.; Goennenwein, S.

Magnetization Dynamics of an Individual Single-Crystalline Fe-Filled Carbon Nanotube

Lenz, K.; Narkowicz, R.; Wagner, K.; Reiche, C. F.; Körner, J.; Schneider, T.; Kákay, A.; Schultheiss, H.; Suter, D.; Büchner, B.; Fassbender, J.; Mühl, T.; Lindner, J.

High spin-wave propagation length consistent with low damping in a metallic ferromagnet

Flacke, L.; Liensberger, L.; Althammer, M.; Huebl, H.; Geprägs, S.; Schultheiß, K.; Buzdakov, A.; Hula, T.; Schultheiß, H.; Edwards, E. R. J.; Nembach, H. T.; Shaw, J. M.; Gross, R.; Weiler, M.

Nonlinear ferromagnetic resonance in the presence of 3-magnon scattering in magnetic nanostructures

Slobodianiuk, D. V.; Melkov, G. A.; Schultheiß, K.; Schultheiß, H.; Verba, R. V.

Combined frequency and time domain measurements on injection-locked, constriction-based spin Hall nano-oscillators

Hache, T.; Weinhold, T.; Schultheiss, K.; Stigloher, J.; Vilsmeier, F.; Back, C.; Arekapudi, S. S. P. K.; Hellwig, O.; Fassbender, J.; Schultheiss, H.

Excitation of whispering gallery magnons in a magnetic vortex

Schultheiss, K.; Verba, R.; Wehrmann, F.; Wagner, K.; Körber, L.; Hula, T.; Hache, T.; Kákay, A.; Awad, A. A.; Tiberkevich, V.; Slavin, A. N.; Fassbender, J.; Schultheiss, H.

  • Open Access Logo Physical Review Letters 122(2019), 097202
  • Invited lecture (Conferences)
    International Conference on Magnetism, 19.07.2018, San Francisco, USA
  • Invited lecture (Conferences)
    APS March Meeting, 04.03.2019, Boston, USA
  • Poster
    Wilhelm und Else Heraeus-Seminar “Spin Based Information Processing”, 08.01.2019, Bad Honnef, Deutschland
  • Lecture (Conference)
    Joint European Magnetic Symposia (JEMS), 04.09.2018, Mainz, Deutschland
  • Poster
    Magnonics 2019, 28.07.2019, Carovigno, Italien
  • Invited lecture (Conferences)
    Magnetics and Optics Research International Symposium, 24.06.2019, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Invited lecture (Conferences)
    Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM), 06.11.2019, Las Vegas, USA

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2018

Injection locking of multiple auto-oscillation modes in a tapered nanowire spin Hall oscillator

Wagner, K.; Smith, A.; Hache, T.; Chen, J.-R.; Yang, L.; Montoya, E.; Schultheiss, K.; Lindner, J.; Fassbender, J.; Krivorotov, I.; Schultheiss, H.

Frequency linewidth and decay length of spin waves in curved magnetic membranes

Otalora, J. A.; Kákay, A.; Lindner, J.; Schultheiss, H.; Thomas, A.; Fassbender, J.; Nielsch, K.

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Interplay between magnetic domain patterning and anisotropic magnetoresistance probed by magnetooptics

Osten, J.; Lenz, K.; Schultheiss, H.; Lindner, J.; McCord, J.; Fassbender, J.

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Contact

Dr. Helmut Schultheiß

Head Magnonics
Emmy Noether group leader
h.schultheissAthzdr.de
Phone: +49 351 260 3243