2024年5月31日
奥克兰 Distinguished Professor of Physics 安德烈•斯莱文 was recently named a ScholarGPS Highly Ranked Scholar, 排名不. 1 .在… 寿命自旋波类别.
“It was quite unexpected that I obtained this ranking and I was truly astonished,斯拉文说. “I’m very proud that the scientific community decided that I reached the peak in this field, 哪个对我很重要. It’s a recognition, which I never expected. 这不仅仅是我的成就, it's an achievement of our institution and the climate created in the Physics Department.”
斯莱文 said he’s worked closely with the two people ranked just below him: Burkard Hillebrands from the 大学 of Kaiserslautern in Germany and Sergei Demokritov from the 大学 of Munster in Germany.
“我知道，博士。. 希勒布兰德斯博士. Demokritov very well, and have many collaborative papers with them,斯拉文说. “I'm very proud that somehow the experts of ScholarGPS decided that I ranked No. 1, but it’s not necessarily important who is No. 1 or 2 or 3, the important thing is that they recognize our joint contributions to the field.”
斯莱文 is an expert in spin waves, which are excitations of electron spin density that propagate through a magnetic material. Spin waves could fundamentally change how magnetic devices carry and process information. 这些波, 也被称为磁振子, could form a macroscopic quantum state called Bose-Einstein condensate at room temperature. This phenomenon is fundamentally important in physics.
“Spin waves are slow compared to electromagnetic waves,斯拉文说. “他们是我。,000 to 10,000 times slower than electromagnetic waves, which means if you convert a signal from electromagnetic wave to spin wave you can reduce the wavelength about 1,000 times and you can miniaturize the signal processing equipment working at the electromagnetic frequencies. Using spin waves creates a huge advantage in signal processing.”
斯莱文 is thankful to be doing his research at 奥克兰, which allows him the freedom to follow his passions.
“I would like to thank the administration of 奥克兰 and my colleagues because they have created a comfortable working environment, where I’m able to express myself and realize my scientific goals to their full extent,斯莱文说, who has been at 奥克兰 since 1991. “I’m a theorist and I’m always interacting with four or five different experimental groups in Europe and the United States. We have been doing a lot of interesting work and applying for research grants together. 在我的时代, I think I’ve brought in more than $4 million in external funding to 韦德体育app官网.”
斯莱文, who is the Chair of the Physics Department, is also very proud of the department he’s helped put together at 奥克兰.
“I'm glad that during my more than 30 years at 奥克兰, I was able to assemble a Physics Department that is truly an outstanding and internationally recognized group,斯拉文说. “Physics faculty are scientists who are teaching students and doing research that brings visibility to 奥克兰. If we will analyze the scientific rank of my colleagues at 奥克兰, we will see that they're also very highly placed in their respective fields.”
斯莱文 said he’s currently working on applying for several grants and he’s excited for what the future can possibly bring.
“We're trying to create an absolutely new technology based on antiferromagnets, which will work at very high frequencies, in the so-called terahertz frequency gap, where it's very difficult to generate, 接收和处理信号,斯拉文说.