Program

October 5

Plenary talks

• 9.15-10.00: Albert Fert

Topological insulators: Spin torque and spin pumping

• 10.30-11.00: Nitin Samarth, Topological spintronics
• 11.00-11.30: Hyunsoo Yang, Spin dynamics in Bi₂Se₃/ferromagnet heterostructures
• 11.30-12.00: Aurelien Manchon, Theory of spin-orbit torques and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction

Topological insulators: Current-induced nonequilibrium spins

• 13.30-14.00: Yong P. Chen, Electrically generated spin polarization in topological insulators: Where are the spins from?
• 14.00-14.30: Masashi Shiraishi, Electrical detection of surface spin polarization due to spin­-momentum locking in BiSbTeSe

Topological insulators: Spin torque and spin pumping

• 15.00-15.30: Yuki Shiomi, Spin pumping experiments in topological insulators and skyrmion crystals
• 15.30-16.00: Thorsten Hesjedal
• 16.30-17.00: Farzad Mahfouzi, Spin-orbit torques and spin pumping in lateral and vertical topological-insulator/ferromagnet heterostructures

October 6

Skyrmions in ferromagnet/heavy-metal bilayers

• 9.00-9.30: Geoffrey Beach, Spin orbit torques and chiral spin textures in ultrathin magnetic films
• 9.30-10.00: Suzanne G. E. te Velthuis, Electrical creation and manipulation of magnetic skyrmion bubbles

Skyrmions in ferromagnet/heavy-metal bilayers

• 10.30-11.00: Christopher Marrows, Chiral magnetic states driven by bulk and interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions
• 11.00-11.30: Olivier Boulle, Room temperature chiral magnetic skyrmion in ultrathin magnetic nanostructures

Skyrmionic devices: Theory and micromagnetic simulations

• 14.00-14.30: André Thiaville, Chiral magnetic textures: The viewpoint of micromagnetics
• 14.30-15.00: Giovanni Finocchio, Design of skyrmion racetrack memories based on micromagnetic simulations
• 15.30-16.00: Jiadong Zang,