Nanoscaled Magnonic Networks
Our view of the building blocks for magnetic components and their assembly on the chip.
Roadmap on spin-wave computing
Check out this comprehensive description of recent developments and trends in magnonic computing.
Our way to detect magnons: Brillouin light scattering microscopy
CoSpiN “Coherent Networks for Neuromorphic Computing” funded by the ERC
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.
News
At the 6th Italian School on Magnetism in Milano (June 6th- 9th 2023), which is entitled “Information processing in spin-based systems”, Philipp Pirro will introduce the concepts of spin-wave based computing.
Further info on the school: www.aimagn.org/school2023/
SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND ACCEPTED SUBMISSIONS
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- Local inhomogeneity-mediated phase-dependent magnon amplification in YIG nanostructuresAkira Lentfert, Ephraim Spindler, Björn Heinz, Mathias Weiler, Philipp PirroView Publication , (2026)arXiv.2606.02139
- Magneto-optical signal from Co2Mn-based Heusler thin films in MOKE and BLSAnna Maria Friedel, Nicolas Fermon, Tobias Böttcher, Sébastien Petit-Watelot, Stéphane Andrieu, Philipp PirroarXiv.2608.07052
- Selective Tuning of Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy and Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya Interaction in Heterostructures Compatible with Magnetic Tunnel JunctionsBob Vermeulen, Seongbin Seo, Domenico Giuliano, Jyotirmoy Chatterjee, Giacomo Talmelli, Robert Carpenter, Yann Canvel, Yanan Li, Björn Heinz, Philipp Pirro, Bart Sorée, Kristiaan Temst, Van Dai Nguyen, Gouri Sankar Kar, Siddharth Rao.Advanced Electronic Materials , e70536 (2026)
- Near-zero effective magnetization enabling ultra-low threshold currents in spin Hall micro-oscillatorsA. Koujok, H. Kurebayashi, K. Yamamoto, B. Heinz, V. K. Kushwaha, X. Hou, A. Hamadeh, T. Seki, P. PirroarXiv.2607.26299
- Resonant excitations via low frequency pumping in driven magnon systemsJan Mathis Giesen, Alexandre Abbass Hamadeh, Imke Schneider, Philipp Pirro, Sebastian EggertarXiv.2607.18073
