Magnetismus a spintronika

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	653-3173/02
Abbreviation	MS
Course title	Magnetismus a spintronika
Credits	4
Coordinating department	Department of Materials Engineering and Recycling
Course coordinator	Ing. Robin Silber, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction and summary of electromagnetic theory.
2. Atomic origin of magnetism.
3. Magnetism in solids.
4. Magnetic anisotropies.
5. Magnetism in thin films.
6. Experimental methods in magnetism.
7. Electron and spin, quantum description of spin and magnetic spin moment, spin-orbit interactions.
8. Spin current, spin accumulation, spin injection, materials for spintronics.
9. Magnetoresistance phenomena and their use in spintronic devices.
10. Magnetotransport phenomena and their dependence on frequency and magnetization. Spin-Hall effect and Inverse Spin Hall effect.
11. Interaction of spin current with magnetization, spin transfer torque, spin orbit torque.
12. Dynamics of magnetization and effect of spin current, Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation.
13. Spintronic devices based on spin transfer torque and spin orbit torque.

E-learning

Information about e-learning available by appointment with the teacher.

Literature

Puja Dey, Jitendra Nath Roy, Spintronics, Fundamentals and Applications Springer 2022.
T. Shinjo (Editor), Nanomagnetism and Spintronics, 2nd Edition, Elsevier 2014.
A. P. Guimaraes, Principles of Nanomagnesism, Springer, 2nd edition, 2017.

Advised literature

Weisheng Zhao, Guillaume Prenat, Spintronics-based Computing, Springer 2015.
K. M. Krishnan, Fundamentals and Applications of Magnetic materials, Oxford Univ. Press 2016.
J.M.D. Coey, Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Cambridge University Press 2010.
B.D. Cullity, Introduction to magnetic materials, 2nd Edition, Wiley 2008.

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