Welcome to the website of the Working group / Arbeitsgruppe (AG) Theory of Spin Systems.
We are theoretical solid-state physicists with a keen interest in the spin degree of freedom. Please see our Research page for further details. We enjoy working with colleagues, both at the RPTU and internationally. Our theoretical projects keep a close eye on experimental feasibility and advancements.
We also take great pride and joy in educating students. This includes teaching courses (see Teaching page), supervising research projects and theses, as well as guiding students in developing leadership skills.
We are always happy to welcome new group members who share our enthusiasm towards learning, self-development, and contributing to the development of people and institutions around us.
News
30th August 2024
Our article Ubiquitous superconducting diode effect in superconductor thin films has been bestowed the 2023 Pat Goldberg Memorial Best Paper Award by IBM. A big congratulations and thanks to all the authors, especially Yasen Hou and Jagadeesh Moodera (MIT) who led this exciting work. Thanks also to Fabrizio Nichele (IBM Zürich) for nominating the work.
21st August 2024
Anna-Luisa Römling's poster entitled "Resolving Nonclassical Magnon Composition of a Magnetic Ground State via a Qubit" has been awarded the poster prize at the recent workshop Cooperative Phenomena in Hybrid Quantum Systems. Congratulations Anna-Luisa!
10th July 2024
The website of AG Theory of Spin Systems is up and running! We exist, even on the internet.
5th July 2024
Our topical review All-optical spin switching on an ultrafast time scale, where a summary of the progress in the field of ultrafast magnetism in the last decade is given, appeared in J. Phys.: Condens. Matter.
18th June 2024
Our article Electrically Induced Angular Momentum Flow between Separated Ferromagnets has been published in Physical Review Letters. It has been highlighted as Editors' suggestion and featured in the Physics magazine. Thanks to the team from Zürich, Munich, and Konstanz for a fun collaboration.
1st June 2024
Tarek Moussa has joined the group as a PhD student. Prior to joining our group, Tarek worked in AG Eggert at the RPTU for his bachelor and master theses. He plans to explore topics at the intersection of quantum optics and solid state physics. Welcome Tarek!
Postal address
Department of Physics
Erwin-Schrödinger-Str. 46
Building 46
D-67663 Kaiserslautern
Germany