Spin Dynamics

This course can be thought of as a course on spintronics. The title has been chosen so as to keep the scope of topics covered as wide open as possible, but showing that it is going to be about "spins". The aim of the course is to develop a solid understanding of the conceptual building blocks of spintronics. 

The course will have the following format. Each week, a formal lecture presents for 2 hours one of the conceptual building blocks of spintronics. Then, one of the participants explains to the other a recent article that revolves around this basic concept. This helps make the connection between the fundamentals of this field and frontline research. The article can be linked to the research activity of the participant. Numerous suggestions will be made.  

This year, the lectures will not cover part I. Magnetism. This will allow us to examine coherent spin dynamics in a quantum-mechanical framework. The idea to provide preliminary material allowing for an approach of quantum computing with spins. Thus the following subjects will be treated:  

I. Spintronics including Rashba effect and topological insulators (lectures by Prof. Hugo Dil)

II. Spin dynamics (classical) including spin relaxation and magnetic resonance (Bloch), Ferromagnetic and Antiferromagnetic resonances (incl. polaritons)

III. Spin dynamics (quantum mechanical) spin echo, quadrupolar echoes, double-quantum coherence, coherence transfer.