Group Fähnle – Electron Theory

Group leader: Prof. Dr. Manfred Fähnle
Post Docs: Dr. R. Singer, Dr. D. Steiauf, Dr. C. Kostoglou
Ph.D. students: J. Seib, F. Dietermann, S. Subkow
Diploma students: C. Illg, P. Beck
Visiting scholar:

Link to the Research Topic

Representative publications:

D. Steiauf, J. Seib and M. Fähnle
Unified Theory of near-adiabatic magnetization dynamics for collinear and noncoliinear magnetization
External Link Phys. Rev. B 78, 020410 (R) (2008)

M. Fähnle, D. Steiauf, J. Seib
The Gilbert equation revisited: anisotropic and nonlocal damping of magnetization dynamics
External Link J. Phys. D 41, 164014 (2008)

J. Seib and M. Fähnle
Magnetic circular dichroism in two-photon absorption and depth-resolved magnetic microscopy
External Link Phys. Rev. B 77, 064409 (2008)

Current projects:

  • Ab-initio electron theory of dissipative spinsynamics in the picosecond and femtosecond regime.
  • ab-inition electron theory of the interaction of polarized x-rays with magnetic matter.
  • Atomistic modeling of static and dynamic properties of magnetic materials by the spin-cluster expansion.
  • Theory of magnetic vortices.
  • Magnetism in systems with reduced dimensionality.

Collaborations:

  • Dr. M. Komelj (Ljubljana, Slowenien)

Possible Diploma-Thesis:

Femtomagnetismus - quantenkinetische Beschreibung (Dichtematrixformalismus) der Spin-Gitter-Wechselwirkung hochangeregter Elektronen auf der Zeitskala von 100 Femtosekunden