Spin waves, the elementary low energy excitations of an ordered spin system, and their bosonic quanta, magnons, carry energy and angular momentum in the form of spin. The field of magnonics aims to create devices for sensing, data processing and logic which are based on spin waves and their outstanding properties like intrinsic nonlinearity and nanometer wavelengths at GHz frequencies.

Our scientific aim is to explore and combine emerging physical phenomena which can be used to realise novel magnonic hybrid systems with novel and superior characteristics. We have a particular focus on:

  • Nonlinear spin-wave phenomena in micro- and nanostructures
  • Nanoscaled magnonic devices for unconventional data processing
  • Novel materials for magnonics including low-damping Heuler compounds
  • Hybrid systems combining magnonics with spintronic and phononic systems
  • Amplification and control of coherent spin-waves in micro-and nanostructures using parametric processes
  • Nonreciprocal magnonic systems based on dipole-dipole and DMI interactions

To achieve our goals, we investigate magnonics systems experimentally by Brillouin light scattering spectroscopy and inductive techniques. To study and optimize magnonic systems before fabrication, we employ massively parallelized micromagnetic simulations. These simulations are run and analysed by our home-made AITHERICON software platform with the aim to use artificial intelligence, neural networks and inverse design methods to create magnonic systems with designed and superior properties for wave-based transport and data processing.

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News

👋 Welcome to our new Postdoc, Dr. Mateusz Zelent!
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Mateusz Zelent as a new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow in our group. Mateusz earned his Ph.D. in Physics from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (defended in June 2020) with a thesis entitled “Remagnetization and…
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🏞 Joint Group Retreat 2025 of AG ASP and AG Magnetismus
From September 22–24, 2025, the research groups AG ASP and AG Magnetismus gathered in Münchweiler an der Alsenz for this year’s joint Group Retreat and Workshop “Perspectives of Magnon Spintronics 2025.” The retreat offered a perfect mix of scientific exchange,…
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👋 Welcome to our new Postdoc, Dr. Mujin You!
We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Mujin You as a new Postdoctoral Researcher in our group. Mujin received his Ph.D. from KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) with a thesis on “Study of magnonic nonlinearity in the…
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🎓 Congratulations to Dr. Anna Maria Friedel on her PhD Defense!
First „Cotutelle” of the department of Physics of RPTU: We warmly congratulate Anna Maria Friedel on the successful defense of her PhD thesis. This milestone is particularly special as it marks the first Cotutelle doctorate of the Department of Physics…
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Visit from Kaiserslautern to the Institut Jean Lamour (IJL)
On 3rd Sept2025, 12 people from both Nanoscaled Hybrid magnonics and Apllied Spin Phenomena groups from Kaiserslautern University visited the Institut Jean Lamour (IJL) in Nancy. The visitors were welcomed with an introduction to the institute’s cutting-edge research in materials…
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SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND ACCEPTED SUBMISSIONS

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    2025

  1. Ratchet motion of magnetic skyrmions driven by surface acoustic sawtooth waves
    Philipp Schwenke*, Ephraim Spindler, Vitaliy I. Vasyuchka, Alexandre Abbass Hamadeh, Philipp Pirro, and Mathias Weiler
    Phys. Rev. B 112, 214409 (2025)
    arXiv.2503.09506
    • Surface Acoustic Waves (SAW)
    • Magneto-elastic interaction
    • Micromagnetism


  2. Spin-wave emission with current-controlled frequency by a PMA-based spin-Hall oscillator
    Moritz Bechberger, David Breitbach, Abbas Koujok, Björn Heinz, Carsten Dubs, Abbass Hamadeh, Philipp Pirro
    2512.00593
    • Spin waves
    • BLS
    • Nano-oscillators
    • Nonlinear process


  3. Nonreciprocal Spin Waves in Out-of-Plane Magnetized Coupled Waveguides Reconfigured by Domain Wall Displacements
    Hanadi Mortada, Roman Verba, Qi Wang, Philipp Pirro, Alexandre Abbass Hamadeh
    advanced electronic materials e00575, (2025)
    • Magnonics
    • Micromagnetism
    • Spin waves
    • Non-reciprocity


  4. Magnon-polaron control in a surface magnetoacoustic wave resonator
    Kevin Künstle, Yannik Kunz, Tarek Moussa, Katharina Lasinger, Kei Yamamoto, Philipp Pirro, John F Gregg, Akashdeep Kamra, Mathias Weiler
    Nature Communications 16, 10116 (2025)
    arXiv.2506.09717
    • Magneto-elastic interaction
    • Surface Acoustic Waves (SAW)
    • YIG


  5. Three-dimensional nanoscale control of magnetism in crystalline Yttrium Iron Garnet
    V. Levati, M. Vitali, A. D. Giacco, N. Pellizzi, R. Silvani, L. C. Mavilla, M. Madami, I. Biancardi, D. Girardi, M. Panzeri, P. Florio, D. Breitbach, P. Pirro, L. Rovatti, N. Lecis, F. Maspero, R. Bertacco, G. Corrielli, R. Osellame, V. Russo, A. L. Bassi, S. Tacchi, D. Petti, E. Albisetti
    Nature Communications 16, 9602 (2025)
    arXiv.2409.17722
    • Magnonics
    • YIG
    • BLS