Instructors: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Elmers
Event type:
Lecture/practice class
Displayed in timetable as:
Material Science
Hours per week:
4
Credits:
6,0
Language of instruction:
German
Min. | Max. participants:
- | -
Requirements / organisational issues:
Bachelor in Physics
Contents:
This course teaches basic models of ferromagnetism and magnetic phenomena. The course further introduces into various magnetic material properties. Novel spintronics devices require tailored material properties. In-depth knowledge of the origin of magnetic material properties helps to understand the pathways of improving materials for specific applications.
Recommended reading list:
E. Kneller, Ferromagnetismus, Berlin 1962
S. Chikazumi, Physics of Magnetism, New York 1964
S. Chikazumi, Physics of Ferromagnetism, Oxford, 1997
M. Getzlaff, Fundamentals of Magnetism, Springer, 2007
Joachim Stöhr, Hans Christoph Siegmann, Magnetism, Springer, 2006
A. Hubert and R. Schäfer, Magnetic Domains, Heidelberg, 1998
A. Aharoni, Introduction to the Theory of Ferromagnetism, Intern. Ser. Monographs on Physics, Oxford 1996
B. Heinrich and J. A. C. Bland (eds.), Ultrathin Magnetic Structures, Berlin 1994
U. Gradmann, Magnetism in Ultrathin Transition Metal Films, in K. H. J. Buschow, Handbook of Magnetic Materials, Amsterdam 1993
B. Hillebrands and K. Ounadjela (eds.), Spin Dynamics in Confined Magnetic Structures I-III, Springer, Berlin 2001.
Handbook of Spintronics, Y. Xu, D. Awschalom, J. Nitta, Springer 2015
Heusler Alloys, C. Felser, A. Hirohata, Springer 2015.
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