Groundbreaking work by Professor Mike Cottam and postdoc Dr. Zahra Haghshenasfard has been featured by the UK Institute of Physics (IoP). The news article appeared in the IoP’s blog JPhys+, which highlights the highest quality papers published in IoP Physics journals to increase visibility of the research. A link to the blog can be found by clicking here.
The paper deals with magnons, which represent the quantized “spin waves” of magnetic fluctuations and are the analogs of photons as the quanta of light. The theoretical analysis explores how quantum coherence can lead to drastic modifications in the magnon properties in low-dimensional materials, such as magnetic nanowires. The work has important implications for applications in signal processing with magnetic devices, magnetic-based computer memories, and fundamentals of quantum computing.
The reference for the journal paper, which was also a chapter in Zahra’s recently completed Ph.D. thesis, is Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, volume 29, 195801 (2017).
Congratulations Zahra and Mike!
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