Spin+Non-Equilibrium: Ultrafast non-equilibrium and transport (B03)

• Subject Area: Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
• Term: from 2016 to 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 268565370

The project aims at understanding of far-from-equilibrium dynamics in ferromagnetic metals and ferromagnet-metal multilayers, in particular, magnetization dynamics and spin-dependent transport as they occur after ultrashort-pulse excitations and mainly on ultra-fast timescales. The theory part of this project investigates electron-magnon interactions and combines Boltzmann transport equations, stochastic methods, and macroscopic approaches to cover electronic spin dynamics in metallic systems on all relevant energy scales. Experimentally, electronic dynamics far from equilibrium are studied using a novel method based on the ultrafast magneto-optical Kerr effect with depth resolution.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 173: Spin+X: Spin in its collective environment
• Applicant Institution: Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr. Baerbel Rethfeld; Professor Dr. Hans Christian Schneider; Dr. Benjamin Stadtmüller