The course is divided in two parts:
First part:
Introduction to the magnetic properties of materials, basics of magnetism at the atomic scale, ferromagnetism models and application to nanomaterials.
Second part:
Spin-dependent transport, magnetism in low dimensional systems (ultrathin films) and interlayer coupling in heterostructures, spin transfer and spin transport in nanostructures and their applications (magnetoresistive sensors (GMR), STT-MRAM, spin transfer nano-oscillators), techniques for the creation and detection of spin current (spin pumping, inverse spin Hall effect).
Topics :
Nanomagnetism: dia- and paramagnetism, antiferromagnetism, ferromagnetism (mean-field theory, Heisenberg model), magnetic anisotropy, magnetic domains (Kittel’s theory), hysteresis, nanoparticles (monodomain) and ferromagnetic nanowires, magnetic recording, magnetic resonance, magnetic measurements.
Spintronics: magnetism in ultrathin films and heterostructures (anisotropy, non-colinear magnetic configurations, DMI, interlayer exchange coupling, exchange bias), giant magnetoresistance, tunnel magnetoresistance (applications), injection, spin accumulation and relaxation in metals, spin Hall effect, spin transfer torque).