Program

October 5

Plenary talks

• 9.15-10.15: Albert Fert

Topological insulators: Spin torque and spin pumping

• 10.45-11.20: Nitin Samarth, Topological spintronics
• 11.20-11.55: Hyunsoo Yang, Spin dynamics in Bi₂Se₃/ferromagnet heterostructures
• 11.55-12.30: Aurelien Manchon, Theory of spin-orbit torques and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction

Topological insulators: Current-induced nonequilibrium spins

• 14.00-14.35: Yong P. Chen, Electrically generated spin polarization in topological insulators: Where are the spins from?
• 14.35-15.10: Masashi Shiraishi, Electrical detection of surface spin polarization due to spin­-momentum locking in BiSbTeSe

Topological insulators: Spin torque and spin pumping

• 15.40-16.15: Yuki Shiomi, Spin pumping experiments in topological insulators and skyrmion crystals
• 16.15-16.50: Thorsten Hesjedal
• 16.50-17.25: Farzad Mahfouzi, Spin-orbit torques and spin pumping in lateral and vertical topological-insulator/ferromagnet heterostructures

October 6

Skyrmions in ferromagnet/heavy-metal bilayers

• 9.00-9.35: Geoffrey Beach, Spin orbit torques and chiral spin textures in ultrathin magnetic films
• 9.35-10.10: Suzanne G. E. te Velthuis, Electrical creation and manipulation of magnetic skyrmion bubbles

Skyrmions in ferromagnet/heavy-metal bilayers

• 10.45-11.20: Christopher Marrows, Chiral magnetic states driven by bulk and interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions
• 11.20-11.55: Olivier Boulle, Room temperature chiral magnetic skyrmion in ultrathin magnetic nanostructures

Skyrmionic devices: Theory and micromagnetic simulations

• 14.00-14.35: André Thiaville, Chiral magnetic textures: The viewpoint of micromagnetics
• 14.35-15.10: Giovanni Finocchio, Design of skyrmion racetrack memories based on micromagnetic simulations
• 15.10-15.45: Jiadong Zang,

October 7

Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction

• 9.00-9.35: Stefan Blügel, Chiral magnetic skyrmions in ultrathin films and heterostructures: Insights from materials-specific theory
• 9.35-10.10: Hongxin Yang, Anatomy of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction at ferromagnet/normal-metal interfaces
• 10.10-10.45: Yuriy Mokrousov, Berry phase effects in chiral magnets from first principles theory

Topological insulators and topological spin transport: Theory

• 11.15-11.50: Victor Galitski, Strongly-correlated topological Kondo insulators
• 11.50-12.25: Yaroslav Tserkovnyak, Topological spin transport by Brownian diffusion of domain walls

Topological insulator devices: First-principles modeling

• 14.00-14.35: Kyungwha Park, Proximity effects on topological surface states of Bi₂Se₃ at non-magnetic and magnetic interfaces from first principles
• 14.35-15.10: Kurt Stokbro, Atomic-scale modelling of electron transport in topological insulators and magnetic memory devices