Nanomagnetomechanics and lattice-resolved spin dynamics

由于纳米科学和纳米技术之间惊人的反馈回路，这是历史上最令人兴奋的新材料的物理和应用研究。对信息技术最终物理极限的探索为凝聚态物理学的基础研究提供了一个有趣的焦点。传统的磁信息存储已经发展到“纳米”领域，自旋电子学和纳米磁逻辑等新技术的潜力是巨大的。诸如这些系统能以多快的速度运行之类的问题，可以通过实验来回答，方法是剧烈地扰动它们（比如快速），然后观察反应，类似于敲击音叉并听它响。随着系统尺寸的减小，这变得越来越具有挑战性。我们的工作是由纳米纤维，激光和显微镜的进步。这些都使我们能够研究单个的纳米物体。

This is the most exciting time in history to be working on the physics and applications of new materials, thanks to the phenomenal feedback loop between nanoscience and nanotechnology. The quest towards ultimate physical limits of information technology provides an interesting focus for basic investigations in condensed matter physics. Conventional magnetic information storage has already evolved far into the "nano" regime, and the potential for new technologies such as spin electronics and nanomagnetic logic is enormous. Questions such as how quickly these systems can operate can be answered experimentally by perturbing them sharply (as in fast), and observing the response, akin to hitting a tuning fork and listening to it ring. This becomes progressively more challenging as the systems decrease in size. Our work is enabled by advances in nanofabrication, lasers, and microscopy. Together these allow us to study individual nano-objects.