Fyzikální ústav Akademie věd ČR

Seminars

Charged domain walls in BaTiO3 single-crystals

Tuesday, 20.10.2015 10:00 - 11:00

Dr. P. Bednyakov (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)

Recently observed properties of charged ferroelectric domain walls (CDWs) make these structures promising for application in future electronics. It was demonstrated experimentally that the quasi two-dimensional electron gas is present at head-to-head CDWs [1]. The CDWs are therefore good conductors that can be moved by an external electric field. As suggested by theory [2] and experiment [3] CDWs with very low spacing may cause the enhancement of piezoelectric and dielectric properties. However, the problem of controlled regular growth and formation of CDWs is not well understood.

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In silico studies of electronic current in nano-junctions: Exciting atomic motion

Thursday, 22.10.2015 15:00 - 16:00

Mads Brandbyge (Department of micro and nanotechnology & Center for Nanostructured Graphene (CNG), Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark)

In the Landauer approach to nanoscale transport the electrons are assumed to bypass a conducting junction ballistically and equilibrate through energy exchange in the electrodes.

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Interplay of charge, spin and thermal imbalances in normal-metal/ferromagnet bilayers

Friday, 23.10.2015 10:00 - 11:00

Can Onur Avci (ETH Zurich)

Recent demonstrations of magnetization switching driven by current-induced spin-orbit torques (SOTs) have drawn considerable attention in the field of spintronics. The SOTs are associated with the spin Hall and interfacial effects, and have been found to occur in a variety of normal-metal/ferromagnet systems. In this talk I will present harmonic transverse (Hall) and longitudinal (magnetoresistance) measurements on a variety of normal-metal/ferromagnet systems with a special focus on Pt/Co, Ta/Co layers with in-plane magnetization. I will discuss a new magnetoresistance effect (unidirectional spin Hall magnetoresistance) that we have recently discovered.

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Manipulation of magnetization by spin-orbit torques

Friday, 23.10.2015 14:00 - 15:00

Kevin Garello (ETH Zurich)

Recent demonstrations of perpendicular magnetization switching induced by in-plane current injection in ferromagnetic heterostructures have drawn attention to a class of spin torques based on orbital-to-spin momentum transfer.
After describing the main spin-orbit interactions observed in ferromagnetic heterostructures and some of our latest measurements, I will present their straightforward impact on magnetic memory technologies.

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Past seminars
Jan Fischer Calculation of the coupling parameter α_s from hadronic decay of the τ lepton 17.10.2013 14:00
Neha Topnani and Anna Zep Selected results from our partners in liquid crystal research 17.10.2013 10:00
Peter West Symmetries and their role in fundamental physics 15.10.2013 15:00
Mateusz Mrukiewicz Dual-frequency nematic liquid crystals 15.10.2013 10:00
Jiří Kvita Differential spectra for t-tbar events in the ATLAS experiment 10.10.2013 14:00
Jan Kuneš Off-diagonal order in materials close to spin-state transition 08.10.2013 15:00
Héctor Vázquez Electron transport in molecular systems 08.10.2013 10:00
Martin Schnabl Stringy and higher-spin activities in the theory department 03.10.2013 14:00
Vladislav Pokorný Spectral and transport properties of a superconducting quantum dot system 01.10.2013 15:00
Prof. Makoto Konagai Research and Development of Innovative Solar Cells – Establishing Global Research Centers 27.09.2013 10:00
Vladislav Pokorný Spectral and transport properties of a superconducting quantum dot system 26.09.2013 14:00
Isodiana Crupi Plasmonic metal nanoparticles for thin film solar cells 24.09.2013 10:00
Alexander Kupčo News from the EPS 2013 conference 19.09.2013 14:00
Cedric Rocha Leao Ab-initio investigation of the degradation process in TlBr: causes and possible fixes 18.09.2013 15:00
Pavel Novák Calculation of crystal field parameters with Wannier functions 12.09.2013 14:00
Christophe Ballif Thin film silicon layers: from low cost thin film solar modules to high efficiency crystalline heterojunction cells 11.09.2013 10:00
Jose Repond Imaging Calorimetry for Lepton Colliders 05.09.2013 14:00
Anna Artmenko XPS analysis of plasma polymers and nanocomposite films without breaking vacuum 03.09.2013 13:00
James P. Lewis High-throughput computational design of photocatalytic materials 03.09.2013 10:00
Prof. A. Nikitin Integrable models with matrix potentials 26.08.2013 15:00
Dr. Ingo Dirnstorfer Synergies between photovoltaics and microelectronics 19.07.2013 10:00
Prof. R. Gopakumar Minimal Model Holography 18.07.2013 15:00
Prof. Dr. N. J. Ianno Band Gap Engineering of Samarium Cerium Sulfide Alloys for Photovoltaic Thin Films 17.07.2013 13:30
Prof. Dr. R. J. Soukup The Promise of Earth Abundant Sulfide and Selenide Thin Films for Solar Cell Applications 17.07.2013 13:00
Deepak Verma, Ph.D. Hybrid (Organic/Inorganic semiconductors) absorbing layer for solar cell applications 16.07.2013 10:00
Vladislav Šimák What have we learned from Tevatron 27.06.2013 14:00
Prof. David Vanderbilt First-principles theory of flexoelectricity 27.06.2013 10:00
Jakub Železný DFT calculations of electronic and magnetic structure of CuMnAs and other I-Mn-V compounds 25.06.2013 15:00
Prof. Nadezhda M. Bulgakova, PhD, Dr.Sci. Pulsed laser - matter interaction for material processing: Basic processes and perspectives 20.06.2013 11:00
Arthur Moraes On the trail of LHC discoveries: scientific advances that accelerate more than sub-atomic particles 19.06.2013 14:00

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