PHYS 5608 — Magnetic Materials for Next-Generation Electronics
4 semester hoursGraduateLecture
Covers the fundamentals of magnetic materials. Focuses on the frontiers of research activities on magnetic materials for next-generation sensors and electronics. Topics include magnetic units, magnetic materials classification, origin of ferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism, magnetic anisotropies, magnetostriction, magnetic domain theory, ferromagnetic/ferrimagnetic resonance, magnetodynamics, and magnetic material characterization techniques. Explores soft and hard magnetic materials and their applications, which include magnetic sensors, antennas, hard disk drives, magnetic materials for power supplies on chips, RF and microwave magnetic materials and devices, and spintronics. Also covers magnetic characterization techniques such as vibrating sample magnetometry, B-H looper, ferromagnetic resonance spectrometry, magneto-optic Kerr effect imaging, and magnetic sensing.