Ultrafast Antiferromagnetic Writing

Pre-Workshop Online Tutorials

May 2, 15:00 Boris IVANOV, Institute of Magnetism
Theory of Antiferromagnetism
May 3, 15:00 Alexey KIMEL, Radboud University
Ultrafast Magnetism
May 5, 11:00 Benjamin HEINRICH, Nature Nanotechnology
Meet the Editor
May 6, 15:00 Tomáš JUNGWIRTH, Institute of Physics ASCR
Antiferromagnetic Spintronics

Monday, May 9th

Pathways to ultrafast switching of antiferromagnets Chair: Aleksei Kimel

08:50 – 09:05 Registration
09:05 – 09:15 Opening Remarks
09:15 – 09:25 Intro Aleksei KIMEL, Radboud University
09:25 – 09:50 Olena GOMONAY, University of Mainz
Ultrafast dynamics of antiferromagnets: switching vs rotation
09:50 – 10:15 Kamil OLEJNIK, Czech Academy of Sciences
Quench-switching of antiferromagnetic CuMnAs using ultrashort pulses
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break

Optically-driven spin excitations in antiferromagnets Chair: Yuriy Mokrousov

10:30 – 10:40 Intro Yuriy MOKROUSOV, University of Mainz
10:40 – 11:05 Christian TZSCHASCHEL, Harvard
Efficient spin excitation via ultrafast damping torques in antiferromagnets
11:05 – 11:30 Daria GORELOVA, University of Hamburg
Theoretical description of magnetic precessions during ultrafast laser excitation
11:30 – 11:55 Johan MENTINK, Radboud University
Challenging energy-speed limits in antiferromagnets
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch & Poster Session

Switching of antiferromagnetic metals Chair: Tomáš Jungwirth

13:30 – 13:40 Intro Tomáš JUNGWIRTH, Institute of Physics ASCR
13:40 – 14:05 Yoav William WINDSOR, TU Berlin
Exchange scaling of ultrafast angular momentum transfer in 4f antiferromagnets
14:05 – 14:30 Sangeeta SHARMA, Max Born Institute
Ultrafast spin, charge and nuclear dynamics: ab-initio description
14:30 – 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 – 15:25 Joerg WUNDERLICH, University of Regensburg
Spin-orbit torque switching between reversed antiferromagnetic state and its electrical detection
15:25 – 15:50 Peter OPPENEER, Uppsala University
Ab initio theory for coherent magnetic switching
15:50 – 18:15 Poster Session
18:30 Dinner at Restaurant WASEM
Edelgasse 15, 55218 Ingelheim am Rhein

Tuesday, May 10th

Switching of antiferromagnetic insulators Chair: Andrei Kirilyuk

09:00 – 09:10 Intro Andrei KIRILYUK, Radboud University
09:10 – 09:35 Ulrich NOWAK, University of Konstanz
Spin dynamics in antiferromagnets: from THz to ultrafast switching
09:35 – 10:00 Rostislav MIKHAYLOVSKIY, Lancaster University
Terahertz magnons and magnon-polaritons in antiferromagnets
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break

Phoninic control of antiferromagnets Chair: Thomas Metzger

10:30 – 10:40 Intro Thomas METZGER, Radboud University
10:40 – 11:05 Davide BOSSINI, University of Konstanz
Ultrafast Amplification and Nonlinear Magnetoelastic Coupling of Coherent Magnon Modes in an Antiferromagnet
11:05 – 11:30 Andrei KIRILYUK, Radboud University
Nonlinear phononics as a universal mechanism for ultrafast switching
of spins
11:30 – 11:55 Ankit DISA, MPSD
Engineering magnetic states with light through nonlinear lattice excitation
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch & Poster Session

THz excitations in heterostructures and complex spin textures Chair: Davide Bossini

13:30 – 13:40 Intro Davide BOSSINI, University of Konstanz
13:40 – 14:05 Yannic BEHOVITS, FU Berlin
Nonlinear magnon dynamics in antiferromagnetic Mn2Au driven by Terahertz Neel spin-orbit torque
14:05 – 14:30 Dmytro AFANASIEV, Radboud University
Coherent spin-wave transport in an antiferromagnet
14:30 – 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 – 15:25 Oksana CHUBYKALO-FESENKO, CSIC
Modeling of THz phonon-assisted spin dynamics and switching
15:25 – 15:50 Reinoud LAVRIJSEN, Eindhoven University of Technology
Using Spin Waves to Probe Ultrafast Spin Current Generation in Rare Earth Ferromagnets
15:50 – 16:00 Closing Remarks