Overview
Microwave oscillations of the magnetization around its equilibrium are the natural dynamical response to external perturbations (e.g. thermal fluctuations, microwave fields). This offers the promise for a new class of microwave devices, benefiting from their small foot-print, their ability to be controlled electrically, and their integrability with CMOS technology. Identified devices include local oscillators, microwave filters, detectors, and non-reciprocal devices. Understanding the dynamics of these nano-objects, applying general concepts of microwave oscillator techniques and defining from this novel microwave applications is the major aim of this activity.
Research directions
Magnonics
Magnons are the quasi-particles associated to the collective excitations of spins. Mode engineering and transfer of angular momentum by magnonics current are some of our key ongoing research activities.
The team
Former members
Post-docs
- Artem LITVINENKO
PhD
- Nicolas Thiery
- Alumni : Kyota Watanabe (GP-Spin program)
Visitors
- W.E. Bailey – Columbia University (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012), A. N. Slavin – Oakland University (2012, 2013), V. Naletov (2016)
Recent news
- seminar – Imaging temperature-tunable spin-wave refraction using spins in diamond (October 26th, 2026)
On October 30th, we have the pleasure to welcome in SPINTEC Pim Vree from Delft. He will give us a seminar at 15:30 entitled : Imaging temperature-tunable spin-wave refraction using spins in diamond Place : IRIG/SPINTEC, ... - Open PostDoctoral position on Spin-Wave Spectroscopy by a Single Paramagnetic Center (August 20th, 2026)
Position: We are opening a postdoctoral research position to perform spin-wave spectroscopy on a home-built NV-center microscope. The scientific goal is to exploit the exquisite sensitivity of the instrument to map the spatio-temporal profile of ... - E pur si muove!* (July 23rd, 2026)
Angular momentum (AM) is the conserved quantity associated with rotational invariance. Harnessing its orbital component in axi-symmetric sample is often challenging. Interestingly, we show that azimuthal spin waves in normally magnetized disks are largely immune ... - PhD Defense – Angular Momentum Transfer Between Waveforms in Axisymmetric Geometries (May 27th, 2026)
On June 12th at 14:00, Giovanni Olivetti (SPINTEC) will defend his PhD thesis entitled : Angular Momentum Transfer Between Waveforms in Axisymmetric Geometries Place : CNRS Institut Néel, salle des Séminaires of Bâtiment A , the ... - Call for tender – MAGISTRAL Project (April 15th, 2026)
Recruiting consultant in crystal growth by liquid phase epitaxy Context: In 2025, the spin-insulatronics team of SPINTEC was awarded an exploratory grant from the PEPR SPIN program to develop new types of ultra-high-fidelity optomechanical modulators operating ...
