Ultrafast optical control of spins in magnetic nanostructures

When: December 6, 16:00
Where: Skoltech, room 303

ABSTRACT: Nowadays coherent and local excitation of spin ensembles is of prime research importance since it expands functionalities of magnonics without Ohmic losses and could push forward quantum information that requires local magnetic fields at a subwavelength scale. It is also important for magnetic data storage with ultra-high density. With this respect optical means are of great promise due to the excitation locality. Moreover, ultrafast optical recording of magnetic bits is of great interest as well. In this way, most promising are nanophotonic structures, including magnetophotonic crystals, all-dielectric and plasmonic structures. The lecture will give state-of-art overview in this area and present recent results of the Magnetoplasmonics group at the Russian Quantum Center.

BIO: Vladimir Belotelov is a principal investigator at the Russian Quantum Center where he leads group of “Magnetoplasmonics and ultrafast magnetism”and associate professor at Lomonosov Moscow State University. He habilitated as Doctor of Science at Moscow State University in 2013. Vladimir Belotelov got title of Professor of Russian Academy of Science in 2016. His area of expertise includes magnetophotonics, plasmonics and ultrafast magnetism. He has published more than 120 papers in peer reviews journals.