ICMFS 2009, Berlin, Germany, Program

14:15 Opening

14:30 P. Grünberg, Forschungszentrum Jülich (Germany):
"A short history of the electron and the discovery of the GMR effect"
(invited)

15:00 Poster Session 1

18:00 Special session dedicated to the memorial of Tony Bland
M. Kläui, Universität Konstanz (Germany):
"Nanomagnetism in confined geometries – from magnetic rings to current-induced domain wall motion"
(invited)

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18:45 Welcome Reception

Tuesday, July 21st

09:00 R. P. Cowburn, Imperial College London (United Kingdom):
"Domain walls in nanowires for digital logic and memory"
(invited)

09:30 M. D. Stiles, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg (U.S.A.):
"Theory of current-induced domain wall motion"
(invited)

10:00 M. Cormier, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay (France):
"Field and current-induced domain wall propagation in magnetic nanotracks with out-of-plane anisotropy"

10:15 R. Mattheis, Institut für Photonische Technologien Jena (Germany):
"New motion type of domain walls in nanostrips under the influence of transversal fields"

10:30 Coffee Break

11:00 A. V. Kimel, Radboud University Nijmegen (The Netherlands):
"Femtosecond opto-magnetism: A key to novel mechanisms of spin reorientation"
(invited)

11:30 B. Koopmans, Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands):
"Controlling femtosecond magnetization dynamics by laser-induced inter-layer spin transfer"

11:45 C. H. Back, Universität Regensburg (Germany):
"Magnetization dynamics in the ferromagnetic semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As"
(invited)

12:15 N. Reckers, Universität Duisburg-Essen (Germany):
"Influence of microwave irradiation on the spin-current induced precession"

12:30 Lunch Break

14:00 A. Thiaville, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay (France):
"Magnetization dynamics of a spiral structure"

14:15 L. Bocklage, Universität Hamburg (Germany):
"Domain-wall oscillations studied by time-resolved soft x-ray microscopy"

14:30 S. Serrano-Guisan, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig (Germany):
"Time-resolved spin torque dynamics in MgO-based magnetic tunneling junctions in tilted configurations"

14:45 C. Schwark, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (Germany):
"Electrical injection of spin packets phase-triggered by current pulses and their electrical detection across an Fe/GaAs Schottky contact"

15:00 Poster Session 2

18:00 M. Weinelt, Max-Born-Institut, Berlin (Germany):
"Surface states as a sensor of band ferromagnetism and spin-dependent dynamics"
(invited)

18:30 A. Dussaux, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Palaiseau (France):
"Dynamics of vortex oscillators induced by spin transfer in single and multi-nanocontact"

18:45 D. E. Bürgler, Forschungszentrum Jülich (Germany):
"Spin torque oscillators: Vortex state versus uniform magnetization"

Wednesday, July 22nd

09:00 X. Jin, Fudan University, Shanghai (P.R. China):
"Magnetically driven anomalous elasticity in iron"
(invited)

09:30 J. M. Tonnerre, CNRS, Université J. Fourier, Grenoble (France):
"Non-collinear spin structure in ultrathin fcc-Fe/Cu(001) observed by soft x-ray resonant magnetic reflectivity"

09:45 H. Abe, Keio University, Yokohama (Japan):
"NO adsorption-induced antiferromagnetic coupling at the surface of Fe/Cu(001)"

10:00 E. Schierle, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (Germany):
"Antiferromagnetic order with atomic layer resolution in thin semiconducting films"

10:15 S. Couet, Katolieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium):
"Stabilization mechanism of a nanometer-scaled antiferromagnetic layer"

10:30 Coffee Break

11:00 H. Ebert, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Germany):
"Magnetic anisotropy of transition metal surface systems"
(invited)

11:30 S. Rusponi, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland):
"High magnetic moments and anisotropies for Fe_xCo_1–x monolayers on Pt(111)"

11:45 S. Langridge, ISIS, STFC, Didcot (United Kingdom):
"The role of interfacial strain on a magnetostructural phase transition"

12:00 Ch. Binek, University of Nebraska, Lincoln (U.S.A.):
"Electrically controlled magnetism"

12:15 T. Nozaki, Osaka University (Japan):
"Voltage control of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in epitaxial Au/ultrathin Fe/MgO/Fe junctions"

12:30 Lunch Break

14:00 V. Baltz, SPINTEC, CEA Grenoble (France):
"Bimodal distribution of interfacial antiferromagnetic spins responsible for exchange bias in ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic bilayers"

14:15 J. Jackson, Universität Konstanz (Germany):
"Simulation of iridium manganese in exchange bias bilayers"

14:30 T. Nakagawa, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki (Japan):
"Two-photon photoemission magnetic circular dichroism: Energy and angle dependence in valence band"

14:45 R. Frömter, Universität Hamburg (Germany):
"From x-ray magnetic holography to holographic microscopy"

15:00 Poster Session 3

18:00 A. K. Schmid, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (U.S.A.):
"Spin-polarized low energy electron microscopy for in-situ observation of growth and magnetism of nanomaterials"
(invited)

18:30 M. R. Fitzsimmons, Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S.A.):
"How can polarized neutron reflectometry help us understand phantom magnetism?"
(invited)

Thursday, July 23rd

09:00 T. Ono, Kyoto University (Japan):
"Current-induced domain wall motion in perpendicularly magnetized Co/Ni wires"
(invited)

09:30 Y. Otani, University of Tokyo (Japan):
"Efficient spin accumulation and pure-spin-current-induced magnetization switching"
(invited)

10:00 Y. Sakuraba, Tohoku University, Sendai (Japan):
"Giant magneto-resistance in Co₂MnSi/NM/Co₂MnSi (NM = Cr, Ag) fully-epitaxial CPP-GMR devices"

10:15 Y. Ohdaira, Tohoku University, Sendai (Japan):
"Gate voltage dependence of tunnel magnetoresistance in spin transistor using Co₂MnSi electrodes"

10:30 Coffee Break

11:00 S. Yuasa, Tsukuba (Japan):
"Epitaxial Fe/Cr/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junctions with an ultra-thin Cr(001) spacer layer"
(invited)

11:30 P.-J. Zermatten, SPINTEC, CEA Grenoble (France):
"Electronic transport signature of oxygen in the fully epitaxial Fe/O/MgO/Fe system - toward the understanding of the AF coupling for thin barriers"

11:45 G. Autès, Open University, Milton Keynes (United Kingdom):
"Tuning the sign and magnitude of the tunneling magnetoresistance of an Fe/Ag/MgO/Fe(001) junction"

12:00 A. Fert, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay (France):
"Large spin Hall effect induced by resonant scattering on spin–orbit split impurity states"
(invited)

12:30 Lunch Break

14:00 F. Casanova, University of California, San Diego (U.S.A.):
"Surface scattering effects in metallic lateral spin valves"

14:15 J. M. de Teresa, Universidad de Zaragoza-CSIC (Spain):
"Conduction properties and magnetoresistance in atomic-sized magnetic constrictions created by focused-ion-beam etching"

14:30 A. Takeuchi, Tokyo Metropolitan University (Japan):
"Theory of the inverse spin Hall effect by spin dynamics"

14:45 P. Buczek, Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Halle (Germany):
"The magnon states of Fe/W(110) and their non-monotonous energy dependence on the film thickness"

15:00 Poster Session 4

19:00 Excursion and Conference Dinner

Friday, July 24th

09:00 J. Wiebe, Universität Hamburg (Germany):
"Atomic scale mapping of magnetism in adatom nanostructures"
(invited)

09:30 W. Wulfhekel, Universität Karlsruhe (Germany):
"Inelastic scanning tunneling spectroscopy: A new tool to study magnetic excitations on the nanometer scale"
(invited)

10:00 K. von Bergmann, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose (U.S.A.):
"Spin-resolved excitations of single atoms with scanning tunneling microscopy"

10:15 S. Rohart, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay (France):
"Thermal excitations in nanodots with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy"

10:30 Coffee Break

11:00 D. Sander, Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Halle (Germany):
"Unexpected size and temperature dependence of the magnetic switching field of individual Co nanoislands"
(invited)

11:30 J. M. Shaw, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder (U.S.A.):
"Reversal mechanisms and defects in perpendicularly magnetized nanostructures"

11:45 V. Dupuis, Université de Lyon (France):
"Magnetic reversals and chemical ordering in Co_xPt_1–x clusters prepared by low energy cluster beam deposition (LECBD)"

12:00 J. M. García-Martín, IMM-CNM-CSIC, Madrid (Spain):
"Magnetoplasmonic nanostructures exhibiting related plasmonic and magnetic properties"

12:15 F. Ciubotaru, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (Germany):
"Current controlled three-magnon-scattering processes in nanopoint contact spin valves"

12:30 M. J. Benitez, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany):
"Evidence for core-shell magnetic behavior in antiferromagnetic nanostructures"

12:45 U. B. Arnalds, Uppsala University (Sweden):
"X-ray resonant magnetic scattering from patterned Co₆₈Fe₂₄Zr₈/Al₂O₃ amorphous magnetic multilayers"

13:00 L. J. Heyderman, Paul-Scherrer-Institut, Villigen (Switzerland):
"Building blocks of an artificial Kagome ice system"

13:15 F. O. Schumann, Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Halle (Germany):
"Emission of correlated electron pairs from ferromagnetic Fe(001) by spin- polarized incident electrons"

13:30 Closing Session, Announcement of Best Poster Award, and the next conference site.

ICMFS 2009 July 20 - 24, 2009 Berlin, Germany

20th International Colloquium on Magnetic Films and Surfaces

Program

Monday, July 20th

Tuesday, July 21st

Wednesday, July 22nd

Thursday, July 23rd

Friday, July 24th

ICMFS 2009
July 20 - 24, 2009
Berlin, Germany

20th International Colloquium
on Magnetic Films and Surfaces