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Department(s)/lab(s): Institute of Physics (KOMET) | AG Klaeui - Nanomagnetism and Spintronics @ JGU
Summary:

Klaeui runs one of Europe's larger nanomagnetism/spintronics groups, working on magnetic skyrmions, antiferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic spin textures, domain-wall dynamics, spin caloritronics and magnon transport, with an eye to low-power memory and unconventional (neuromorphic/stochastic) computing. The connection to this search is the metrology: reading out antiferromagnetic and skyrmionic textures requires stray-field imaging at nanometre scale, and the group uses NV scanning-probe and widefield NV magnetometry alongside synchrotron X-PEEM/XMCD and Kerr microscopy. Relative to the established NV-ensemble quantum-sensing playbook (DEER, nanoscale NMR, T1 relaxometry at pT/sqrt(Hz) ensemble sensitivity), this is a strong 'sensor-as-tool' host -- the NV magnetometer is the instrument, and the physics questions are in the material. Preferred-attribute note: cutting-edge spatial resolution rather than device fabrication is the emphasis on the imaging side, though the group does substantial thin-film growth and lithography.

Created at: July 14, 2026, 8:26 p.m. Updated at: July 14, 2026, 8:26 p.m. Metadata: Freshness: 2026-07-14. Primary lab: AG Klaeui, JGU Institute of Physics (KOMET); large group with heavy international collaboration.