Διάλεξη

Παρασκευή 11 Οκτωβρίου 2013

Ομιλητής
Ηλίας Περάκης
Ίδρυμα
Τμήμα Φυσικής, Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης και ΙΗΔΛ, ΙΤΕ
Τίτλος
Quantum Tricks in the Shadows of Relativity and the Coulomb Force: Teaching Devices and Students to Think Ultra-Fast
Χώρος
Κτήριο Φυσικού, Βούτες, Αιθ. Σεμιναρίων 3ου ορόφου
Ώρα
15:00 (εκτάκτως)
Γλώσσα
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη

The technological demand to bump the Gigahertz switching speed limit of today's magnetic memory and logic devices into the Terahertz regime underlies the entire field of spin-electronics and integrated multi-functional nano-devices. In this talk, I use theory and experiment to show how all-optical switching based on the quantum-mechanical manipulation of spins and magnetic order with a train of phase-coherent laser pulses, by tuning phase and color, could meet this challenge. The creation of magnetic correlations within femtoseconds, i.e. faster than one period of lattice oscillations, reveals a new temporal regime of quantum-femtosecond magnetism. This field opens new directions for manipulating materials out-of-equilibrium with bursts of light, using Terahertz, Mid-infrared, and X-ray pulses.