PhD Students

Research Topic: Analog nanodevices with tunable randomness for novel probabilistic computing applications
Methods: Nanofabrication, interactive probe station, p-bits, FPGA, Boltzmann machines

Research Topic: Exploring Nonlinear Anomalous Transport Contributions in Multiple Weyl Points
Methods: Effective Hamiltonian, Nonlinear Response Theory

Research Topic: Investigation of novel skyrmion systems: Study of new sample designs and material compositions with a key focus on the applicability for spintronics.
Methods/Instruments: MBE (Phosphorous/Arsenic), XRD, XPS, SQUID, Micromagnetic Simulations (OOMMF, mumax3), XMCD, STXM

Research Topic: Van der waals heterostructures
Methods/Instruments: device fabrication, electrical measurements (PPMS, Bluefors), MFM

Research Topic: Visualizing topological states of matter by low-temperature STM and STS
Methods/Instruments: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM), Scanning Tunneling Spectrocopy (STS)

Research Topic: Spectroscopic signatures of correlations in low-dimensional systems
Methods/Instruments: ARPES, DFT, theoretical models

Research Topic: Study of novel heterostructures via low temperature scanning tunnelling microscopy
Methods/Instruments: Scanning tunnelling microscopy and spectroscopy, molecular beam epitaxy

Research Topic: 2D Materials and 3D-Nanoelectronics
Methods/Instruments: MANGO, CVD, clean room

Research Topic: Quantum electromagnetic induction effects in topological materials
Methods/Instruments: molecular beam epitaxy, FIB, cryogenic transport measurements

Research Topic: Investigation of topological phases of matter in nodal superconductors
Methods/Instruments: ARPES, tight-binding models

Research Topic: 3D spintronics and devices
Methods/Instruments: 3D nanolithography, thin film technology, and magnetic characterization

Research Topic: Emergent phenomena in superconducting 2D heterostructures, order parameters and topological states
Methods/Instruments: Lithography, glovebox, transport measurements

Research Topic: Resonant phenomena in magnetic domain wall motion
Methods/Instruments: Kerr microscopy, nano-fabrication, ferromagnetic resonance, high frequency electronics

Research Topic: Atomically Engineering Composite Systems for Spintronic and Quantum Device Applications
Methods/Instruments: Magnetron Sputtering

Research Topic: Exotic magnetic properties of nano-scale non-collinear spin textures using real-space imaging techniques
Methods/Instruments: Focused Ion Beam (FIB), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)

Research Topic: Cryogenic memory device with gate control superconductivity
Methods/Instruments: Sputtering, lithography, nano fabrication, material characterization, low-temperature measurement

Research Topic: Ionic liquid gating in oxide materials
Methods/Instruments: PLD, XRD, PPMS

Research Topic: Spin-polarized supercurrent in magnetic-superconducting hybrid heterostructures
Methods/Instruments: Cryogenic transport measurements, magnetic characterization (squid, VSM), microwave transport measurements, nanofabrication

Research Topic: Topological textures and 2D materials
Methods/Instruments: PPMS, clean room, glove box, Kerr microscopy

Research Topic: Nano Scale Spin Dynamics Detected by Optical Methods
Methods/Instruments: SNOM, BLS, Nitrogen-vacancy microscopy, Kerr microscopy

Research Topic: Microspectroscopy of 2D heterostructures
Methods/Instruments: Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy

Research Topic: Exploring Racetrack Devices for Neuromorphic Computing
Methods/Instruments: micromagnetic simulations, Kerr microscopy, electrical measurements

Research Topic: Spin and orbital Edelstein effect
Methods/Instruments: Semiclassical Boltzmann transport theory, electron-spin Hamiltonian

Research Topic: Novel Devices and architecture for oscillator-based computation network
Methods/Instruments: PLD, Nano-device fabrication, multi-probe stage

Research Topic: Efficient domain wall writing and domain wall modulated oscillator in ferromagnetic racetracks
Methods/Instruments: nanofabrication, Kerr microscopy, probe station, high frequency measurement, magnetic characterization

Research Topic: Electrical manipulation of non collinear Anti-ferromagnets
Methods/Instruments: MANGO, XRSD, PPMS, MPMS, lithography, probe station

Research Topic: Optimization of Plasma Particle Energy for the Efficient Formation of High-Quality Spintronic Structures
Methods/Instruments: Magnetron sputtering, Vibrating Sample Magnetometry (VSM), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Current-In-Plane Tunneling (CIPT), Rapid Thermal Processing (RTP), X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Device Fabrication, Kerr Microscopy

Research Topic: Tuning non-collinear antiferromagnetic order and probing spin-orbit effects in Mn-based non-collinear antiferromagnets
Methods/Instruments: MANGO, PPMS, XRD, AFM

Research Topic: Growth and spectroscopy of hybrid semiconductor-superconductor interfaces
Methods/Instruments: Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy (ARPES)

Research Topic: Polymeric Ionic Liquid: Micro-segregated Polymers as Gating Materials
Methods/Instruments: TEM, XRD, in-situ Raman spectroscopy, SERS (surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy), DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetry), Rheology, BDS (Broadband Dielectric Dpectroscopy), XPS, in-situ AFM

Research Topic: Generation and tuning of unconventional superconductivity
Methods/Instruments: device fabrication, MBE, XRD, AFM, STM, PPMS

Research Topic: Ultrafast opto-electric experiments with chiral antiferromagnets
Methods/Instruments: SNOM, PPMS, Ultrafast lasers, EBL

Research Topic: Emergent Magnetism Driven from Antiferromagnetic Oxide Interfaces
Methods/Instruments: Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD), X-Ray Diffraction, PPMS, AFM, MPMS

Research Topic: Optimization of the skyrmion motion for racetrack and neuromorphic applications
Methods: micromagnetic simulations

Research Topic: Photo-switchabel helical chirality to modulate the CISS effect
Methods/Instruments: organic synthesis, CD spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, MALDI TOF Mass Spectrometry

Research Topic: Chiral Soft Matter for CISS-Effect
Methods/Instruments: Polymer Synthesis, MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry, CD Spectroscopy, XPS, c-AFM

Research Topic: Linking Superconducting Logic With Racetrack Memory At Cryogenic Temperatures
Methods/Instruments: Nano-fabrication, magnetic characterization, Kerr microscopy, cryogenic transport measurements, high frequency measurements

Research Topic: Non-linear spin-wave frequency multiplication
Methods/Instruments: MOKE, Nitrogen-vacancy microscopy, micromagnetic simulations (mumax3)


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Research Topic: Investigation of near field light-matter interaction in transformational materials
Methods/Instruments: cryo-SNOM, PPMS, cleanroom, glovebox

Research Topic: Electron-phonon coupling and other interactions in chiral topological semimetals
Methods: High resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy (HREELS), ARPES, MBE

Research Topic: VO2 devices for reservoir computing
Methods/Instruments: Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD), lithography, Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)

Research Topic: Spin-triplet Superconductivity
Methods/Instruments: clean room, device fabrication, electronic transport measurements

Research Topic: Molecular intercalation induced chiral superconductivity
Methods/Instruments: optical microscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), glove box, Bluefors

Research Topic: Correlation physics of 2D heterostructures
Methods/Instruments: ARPES

Research Topic: 2D materials - domain wall motion and optical measurements
Methods/Instruments: TEM, glove box, FIB