Annual report
To download the annual report of 2009 click here. If you’re interested in receiving a hardcopy of our report, please send a request to Mrs. Karin Jansen C.A.M.Jansen@remove-this.tue.nl.
1. Nanomagnetism
Deposition and engineering of layered and nansotructured systems. In-situ and ex-situ characterization of structural and magnetic properties. Implementation and development of novel SPM methods for analysis and manipulation at nanometer to atomic scale. Projects Nanomagnetism:
- Long-range electron interference at the surface of metals (O. Kurnosikov)
- Reduced domain wall pinning in ultrathin Pt/CoB/Pt with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (R.Lavrijsen)
- Domain wall velocity in Pt/CoB/Pt and Controlled Domain wall injection by Ga+ irradiation and Oersted field pulse lines (R.Lavrijsen)
- Magnetic properties of Fe nanowires grown by focused-electron-beam-induced deposition (R. Lavrijsen)
- The Nanostencil Process: Nanostructuring Sub-Micron Spin-Torque Devices (P. Janssen)
- Quantum well states due to subsurface nano-objects (O. Kurnosikov)
2. Spintronics
Tailoring spin-polarized transport in ferromagnetic and hybrid nanostructures. Specific emphasis on magnetic tunnel-junctions, spin-injection / manipulation in(to) semiconductors, and molecular spintronics. Projects Spintronics:
- Correlation between spin transport and magnetism using amorphous CoFeB alloys (P.V. Paluskar)
- Large room-temperature magnetoresistance in silicon (J.J.H.M. Schoonus)
- Unraveling the origin of positive and negative organic magnetoresistance (F.L. Bloom)
- Angle dependent spin–spin interactions in organic magnetoresistance (W. Wagemans)
- Frequency dependence of organic magnetoresistance (P. Janssen)
- Role of hyperfine fields and spin diffusion in organic semiconductors (W. Wagemans)
- Magnetoresistance in hybrid organic junctions at the onset of multi-step tunneling (J.J.H.M. Schoonus)
3. Ultrafast spin dynamics
Investigation of ultimate limits of spin dynamics in ferromagnetic nanostructures. Development of novel concepts for high-data rate recording. Development of near-field femtosecond magneto-optical microscopy. Projects Ultrafast spin dynamics:
- Femtosecond laser-induced magnetization dynamics (B. Koopmans)
- Magnetization dynamics and Gilbert damping in perpendicularly magnetized Co48Fe32B20 (G. Malinowski)
- Magnetization dynamics in racetrack memory (B. Bergman)
- Spin dynamics in hybrid spintronic devices and semiconductor nanostructures (J.H.H. Rietjens)
