Fast manipulation of a magnet by light
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1 Apr 2012
A discovery of Czech physicists published in Nature Physics
A direct transfer of angular momentum from a circularly polarized light to spins allows to excite a magnet from its equilibrium state at sub-picosecond time scales. The discovery, allowing to manipulate spins in a magnet by short laser pulses, was reported by scientists from the joint Laboratory of Opto-Spintronics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University and the Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. The work was published on April 1st 2012 in the journal Nature Physics (DOI: 10.1038/NPHYS2279).
Nano4inno- Nanotechnology and New Materials for Business Innovation
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7 Jul 2010
27. 09. 2010—27. 09. 2010 - The international thematic seminar Nano4inno with Partnering brokerage event organised by Technology Centre AS CR will be held in Prague (Hotel Diplomat) on Monday, 27th September, 2010.
Eight czech days for european research
1 Jul 2010
The Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports in cooperation with the Technology Centre ASCR is organizing on October 26th in Prague eighth year of the Czech Days for European Research conference.
The Fourth ad hoc workshop, 12 July 2010
1 Jul 2010
Ad hoc workshops are small two days workshops organized by authors of the crystallographic software Jana2006. The topics and dates are selected by participants.
12 Castle Meeting on Paleo, Rock and Environmental Magnetism 2010
1 Jul 2010
We will follow the tradition of the previous eleven meetings held each other year since 1988, promoting the information exchange on fresh results in palaeomagnetism, environmental magnetism and physical principles of rock magnetism.