Theses
The AG Nanomagnetism and Magnonics is happy to work with motivated students who wish to write their thesis on the topics covered by the group.
Please find the list of available, on-going and finished theses below. If you find an interesting topic for you, please contact directly the supervisor. If you wish to work on some other project not covered in this list, please contact us at office.nanomag(at)univie.ac.at. You can find more about our research here.
Doctoral theses
| Name | Topic | Finish date | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kristýna Davídková | Magnonic devices for RF applications and unconventional computing | ongoing | Andrii Chumak |
| David Schmoll | Spin waves coupled to single photons in the visible regime at millikelvin temperatures | ongoing | Sebastian Knauer & AC |
| Rostyslav Serha | Quantum magnonics in paramagnetic and ferrimagnetic materials | ongoing | Andrii Chumak |
| Andrey Voronov | Magnon-based data processing | ongoing | Andrii Chumak |
| Noura Zenbaa | Development of a non-reciprocal magnonic directional coupler | ongoing | Andrii Chumak |
| Barbora Budisnká | Flux-flow instabilities in superconducting thin films | ongoing | Oleksandr Dobrovolskiy |
| Sebastian Lamb-Camarena | Curvature-induced effects in magnetic 3D nano-architectures | ongoing | Oleksandr Dobrovolskiy |
| Clemens Schmid | Magnetic flux quanta and spin-wave dynamics in superconductor-ferromagnet hybrid structures | ongoing | Oleksandr Dobrovolskiy |
| Michael Schneider | Bose-Einstein condensation of a DC-pulse driven magnon systems | 08.12.2021 | Andrii Chumak |
| Björn Heinz | Nano-scaled exchange magnonics | 01.12.2021 | Andrii Chumak |
Master's theses
| Name | Topic | Finish date | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fabian Majcen | Experimental realisation of inverse-design magnonics | ongoing | Noura Zenbaa, AC |
| TBA | Microwave spectroscopy of individual 3D magnetic nano-architectures | ongoing | Oleksandr Dobrovolskiy |
| Markus Gruber | Effects of a microwave ac stimulus on superconductor-based nanostructures | ongoing | Oleksandr Dobrovolskiy |
| Stanislava Shpilinska | Nanoengineered superconductors for magnon generators and single-photon detectors | ongoing | Oleksandr Dobrovolskiy |
| Andreas Höfinger | High frequency antennas for integrated quantum magnonics | ongoing | Sebastian Knauer, AC |
| Aram Sajdak | Characterisation of ultrathin Ga:YIG films | 08.02.2024 | Khrystyna Levchenko, AC |
| Clemens Schmid | Flux-flow instability in superconducting Nb, MoSi, and WSi films | 16.02.2023 | Oleksandr Dobrovolskiy |
| David Schmoll | Enabling technology for high frequency quantum magnonics | 31.03.2022 | Sebastian Knauer, AC |
| Elisabeth Weiß | Propagation of magnetostatic surface spin waves in YIG nano-structures | 25.06.2021 | Andrii Chumak |
Bachelor's theses
| Name | Topic | Finish date | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebecca Klingbeil | Automatization of ferromagnetic resonance studies | ongoing | Andrey Voronov, AC |
| Simon Peinhaupt | Vector field dependent spin-wave measurements at millikelvin temperatures | ongoing | Sebastian Knauer |
| Emre Agacdiken | Experimental methods to excite and detect spin-waves | 24.04.2024 | Andrii Chumak |
| Meret Riedl | Quasiparticle energy relaxation in superconductors for single-photon detectors | 19.09.2023 | Oleksandr Dobrovolskiy |
| Nadine Omar | Surface-plasmon enhancement of Brillouin light spectroscopy | 15.01.2023 | Oleksandr Dobrovolskiy |
| Gabriel Sommer | Cryogenic time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr effect microscopy | 15.01.2023 | Oleksandr Dobrovolskiy |
| Fabian Polnitzky | Design and optimisation of microstrip antennas for spin-wave excitation | 13.09.2023 | Andrii Chumak |
| Fiona Rechberg | Inverse spin Hall effect in YIG/Pt heterostructures | 26.04.2023 | Khrystyna Levchenko, AC |
| Fabian Majcen | Investigation of Backward Volume Magnetostatic Spin Waves using Propagating Spin Wave Spectroscopy | 16.08.2022 | Noura Zenbaa, AC |
| Christopher Kimmel | The generation of propagating spin waves with the combination of spin Hall effect and spin-transfer torque | 30.09.2021 | Andrii Chumak |
| Manuel Alexander Kucera | Approaching a current-controlled dynamic magnonic crystal as a logic gate | 10.2020 | Andrii Chumak |