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Noise – not a nuisance but a source of information
Researchers at the University of Konstanz discover a new type of ultrafast magnetic switching by investigating fluctuations that normally tend to interfere with experiments as noise.
Noise on the radio when reception is poor is a typical example of how fluctuations mask a physical signal. In fact, such interference or noise occurs in every physical measurement in addition to the actual signal. "Even in the loneliest place in the universe, where there should be nothing at all, there are still fluctuations of the electromagnetic field", says physicist Ulrich Nowak. In the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1432 "Fluctuations and Nonlinearities in Classical and Quantum Matter beyond Equilibrium" at the University of Konstanz, researchers do not see this omnipresent noise as a disturbing factor that needs to be eliminated as far as possible, but as a source of information that tells us something about the signal.
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Magnetic whirls pave the way for energy-efficient computing
International research collaboration involving the University of the Konstanz has been able to increase the diffusion of magnetic whirls – the skyrmions – by a factor of ten.
In today's world, our lives are unimaginable without computers. Up until now, these devices process information using primarily electrons as charge carriers, with the components themselves heating up significantly in the process. As a result, active cooling is required, which comes with high energy costs. Spintronics aims to solve this problem: Instead of utilizing the electron flow for information processing, it relies on their spin – their intrinsic angular momentum. This approach is expected to have a positive impact on the size, speed and sustainability of computers.
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PhD defence
Dr. Markus Weißenhofer: Stochastic and Deterministic Dynamics of Topological Spin Textures : Theory and Simulation (2022)
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Online Lecture by Prof. Nowak
on "Stochastic Dynamics of Topological Spin Textures", delivered in W2S Seminar (Web Seminar Series on Spintronics) for National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) - Bhubaneswar, India on 06/16/2022.
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Online lecture by Prof. Nowak
on "Stochastic dynamics of topological spin textures", given at the workshop "Topology in Magnetism and Ferroelectrics", sponsored by petaspin association (www.petaspin.com) and organised by Mathias Kläui and Dennis Meier, JGU University Mainz Germany - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway.
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Talk by Prof. Nowak
on "Spin dynamics in antiferromagnets: from THz to ultrafast switching" held at the SPICE Spin Phenomena Interdisciplinary Center in Mainz on 23.02.2022
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The puzzle of the "lost" angular momentum
A research team from Konstanz succeeds in solving a decade-old physical puzzle: the question of the fate of angular momentum during the ultrafast demagnetization of nickel crystals by laser light.
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Online Seminar by Prof. Nowak
on "Spin dynamics: the Landau-Lifshitz equation and beyond", held at the On-line SPICE-SPIN+X Seminar on 12.05.2021
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PhD defence
Dr. Severin Selzer: Simulations on the Dynamics of Complex Magnetic Nanostructures (2021)
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Revolutionizing the cloud
Research cooperation with Konstanz examines the magnetization dynamic of rare earths with regard to their suitability for use in ultrafast data storage
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PhD defence
Dr. Martin Evers: Two Antagonizing Aspects of Spin Transport: Spin-Wave Localization and Spin Superfluidity (2019)
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LUKS Award 2019
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Nowak receives the University of Konstanz Teaching Award from Students (LUKS) 2019.
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DFG Mercator Fellow Program 2019
Prof. Dr. Laszlo Szunyogh has a research stay for two months within the DFG Mercator Fellow program at our department
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Humboldt Research Fellowship
Dr. Ritwik Mondal has been awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers
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Research Award "Claude Dornier" for Ulrike Ritzmann
Ulrike Ritzmann from the group of Prof. Nowak got the Claude Dornier award for her outstanding dissertation which was donnated with 6000 €.
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