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

🎓 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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Active Participation at Magnonics Conference 2025
The Magnonics Conference 2025 was held from 28 July – 1 August in Mallorca, bringing together around 150 researchers from across the world to discuss the latest advancements in magnonics (magnonics25.sciencesconf.org). Four members of Research Group Nanoscaled Magnonic Hybrids actively…
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“Micromagnetics for Magnonics” workshop in Kaiserslautern
On October 8th 2024, we had the pleasure to host the “Micromagnetism for Magnonics Workshop“ organised by Philipp Pirro at the LASE in Kaiserslautern. Researchers from Spin+X discussed with our guests from Austria, France, Poland and the Netherlands the latest…
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Wir freuen uns auf den Schülerinnentag 2024!

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND ACCEPTED SUBMISSIONS

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    2026

  1. The ideal substrate for yttrium iron garnet films in quantum magnonics
    Rostyslav O. Serha, Carsten Dubs, Christo Guguschev, Bernd Aichner, David Schmoll, Julien Schäfer, Jaganandha Panda, Matthias Weiler, Philipp Pirro, Michal Urbánek & Andrii V. Chumak
    Nature Communications material , (2026)
    • YIG
    • Magnonics
    • FMR
    • Low temperatures
    • Spin waves


  2. Characterizing the Linearity of Magnonic Devices for Radio-Frequency Applications
    Robert Erdelyi, Adam Papp Levente Maucha, Philipp Pirro, Matthias Wagner, Dieter Ferling, Johannes Greil, Markus Becherer, Gyorgy Csaba
    arXive , (2026)
    2603.27470
    • Spin-wave computing
    • YIG
    • Microwave


  3. All-magnonic neurons with tunable fading memory
    David Breitbach, Moritz Bechberger, Hanadi Mortada, Björn Heinz, Roman Verba, Qi Wang, Carsten Dubs, Mario Carpentieri, Giovanni Finocchio, Davi Rodrigues, Alexandre Abbass Hamadeh, Philipp Pirro
    2509.18321
    • BLS
    • Neuromorphic
    • YIG
    • Magnonics
    • Spin-wave computing


  4. 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
    APL Materials 14, (2026)
    2512.00593
    • Spin waves
    • BLS
    • Nano-oscillators
    • Nonlinear process


  5. On demand laser-induced frequency tuning of coherent magnons in a nanometer-thick magnet at room temperature
    Volker Wiechert, Hanchen Wang, William Legrand, Pietro Gambardella, David Breitbach, Philipp Pirro, Michaela Lammel, Andrea Meo, Giovanni Finocchio & Davide Bossini
    Nature Communications 17, 145 (2026)
    • Magnonics
    • Microwave
    • FMR
    • Nonlinear process
    • Nanostructures