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most citedMelting artificial spin ice

128 citations · 919 across the 50 of their papers we have counts for

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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Mapping Reversal Pathways and Interaction Fields in Artificial Spin Ice

Brindaban Ojha, Matías P. Grassi, Vassilios Kapaklis

In artificial spin ice (ASI), magnetic interactions between nanomagnets determine both the stable states and the switching pathways under an applied field. Here, first-order revers…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Long-Range Magnetic Order in Structurally Embedded Mesospin Metamaterials

Christina Vantaraki, Oier Bikondoa, Matías P. Grassi +11

Engineered assemblies of interacting magnetic elements-magnetic metamaterials-provide a powerful route to tailor collective magnetic order and dynamics. By structuring matter at th…

physics.ins-det2025

Quantitative measurement of magnetic dichroic signals at sub-nanometer to atomic scale resolution conditions

Sharath Kumar Manjeshwar Sathyanath, Anna L. Ravensburg, Vassilios Kapaklis +3

When aiming for atomic resolution electron magnetic circular dichroism (EMCD) in STEM mode, the high convergence angle of the electron probe can lead to unforeseen artefacts and st…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Exponential Dependence of Interlayer Exchange Coupling in Fe/MgO(001) Superlattices on Temperature

Nanny Strandqvist, Tobias Warnatz, Kristbjörg Anna Thórarinsdóttir +3

The interlayer exchange coupling in Fe/MgO(001) superlattices is found to increase exponentially with decreasing temperature. Around 150~K, the field induced response changes from…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025★ 1 cited

Magnetic texture control in ion-implanted metamaterials

Christina Vantaraki, Kristina Ignatova, Dmitrii Moldarev +5

We study experimentally the impact of the additive fabrication method on the magnetic properties of Fe-implanted Pd square artificial spin ice lattices. Our findings show that…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 7 cited

Magnetic metamaterials by ion-implantation

Christina Vantaraki, Petter Ström, Tuan T. Tran +6

We present a method for the additive fabrication of planar magnetic nanoarrays with minimal surface roughness. Synthesis is accomplished by combining electron-beam lithography, use…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024★ 3 cited

Magnetic Order and Long-Range Interactions in Mesoscopic Ising Chains

Christina Vantaraki, Matías P. Grassi, Kristina Ignatova +4

We investigate the design of magnetic ordering in one-dimensional mesoscopic magnetic Ising chains by modulating long-range interactions. These interactions are affected by geometr…

physics.optics2024

Demagnetization dynamics after noncollinear dual optical excitation

Sergii Parchenko, Matthias Riepp, Simon Marotzke +4

We explore the impact of optical excitation using two interfering ultrashort optical pulses on ultrafast magnetization dynamics. Our investigation focuses on Pt/Co/Pt multilayers a…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

One-shot pair distribution functions of thin films using lab-based x-ray sources

Johan Bylin, Vassilios Kapaklis, Gunnar K. Pálsson

We demonstrate the feasibility of obtaining accurate pair distribution functions of thin amorphous films down to 80 nm, using modern laboratory-based x-ray sources. The pair distri…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024★ 3 cited

Modelling nanomagnet vertex dynamics through Coulomb charges

Samuel D. Slöetjes, Matías P. Grassi, Vassilios Kapaklis

We investigate the magnetization dynamics in nanomagnet vertices often found in artificial spin ices. Our analysis involves creating a simplified model that depicts edge magnetizat…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 1 cited

Boundary-induced phase in epitaxial iron layers

Anna L. Ravensburg, Mirosław Werwiński, Justyna Rychły-Gruszecka +9

We report the discovery of a boundary-induced body-centered tetragonal (bct) iron phase in thin films deposited on MgAlO () substrates. We present evidence for thi…

physics.app-ph2024

Terahertz emission from -W/CoFe epitaxial spintronic emitters

Venkatesh Mottamchetty, Rimantas Brucas, Anna L. Ravensburg +8

We report efficient terahertz (THz) generation in epitaxial -W/CoFe spintronic emitters. Two types of emitters have been investigated; epitaxial -W/Co$_{…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 3 cited

The effect of iron layer thickness on the interlayer exchange coupling in Fe/MgO (001) superlattices

Anna L. Ravensburg, Matías P. Grassi, Björgvin Hjövarsson +1

We describe the effect of the Fe layer thickness on the antiferromagnetic interlayer exchange coupling in [Fe/MgO] superlattices. An increase in coupling strength with increasi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

Optically Induced Ferromagnetic Order in a Ferrimagnet

Sergii Parchenko, Agne Åberg Larsson, Vassilios Kapaklis +2

The parallel or antiparallel arrangement of electron spins plays a pivotal role in determining the properties of a physical system. To meet the demands for innovative technological…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 4 cited

GenL: An extensible fitting program for Laue oscillations and whole pattern fitting

Anna L. Ravensburg, Johan Bylin, Vassilios Kapaklis +1

GenL is a flexible program that can be used to simulate and/or fit X-ray reflectivity and X-ray diffraction data from epitaxial thin films exhibiting, for example, Laue oscillation…

physics.optics2023★ 16 cited

Plasmon-enhanced optical control of magnetism at the nanoscale via the inverse Faraday effect

Sergii Parchenko, Kevin Hofhuis, Agne Ciuciulkaite +4

The relationship between magnetization and light has been the subject of intensive research for the past century, focusing on the impact of magnetic moments on light polarization.…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 1 cited

Epitaxy enhancement in oxide/tungsten heterostructures by harnessing the interface adhesion

Anna L. Ravensburg, Rimantas Brucas, Denis Music +4

The conditions whereby epitaxy is achieved are commonly believed to be mostly governed by misfit strain. We report on a systematic investigation of growth and interface structure o…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 3 cited

Polymerization in magnetic metamaterials

Samuel D. Slöetjes, Matías P. Grassi, Vassilios Kapaklis

We numerically study a mesoscopic system consisting of magnetic nanorings in the presence of thermal magnetization fluctuations. We find the formation of dipolar-field-mediated ``b…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 6 cited

Texture fluctuations and emergent dynamics in coupled nanomagnets

Samuel D. Slöetjes, Björgvin Hjörvarsson, Vassilios Kapaklis

We analyse the thermal fluctuations of magnetization textures in two stray field coupled elements, forming mesospins. To this end, the energy landscape associated with the thermal…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022

Emergent anisotropy in magnetic metamaterials

Nanny Strandqvist, Björn Erik Skovdal, Merlin Pohlit +3

We demonstrate directional dependence of the self-modification of internal mesospin textures in magnetic metamaterials, arising from the coupling of the atomic- and mesoscopic leng…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 7 cited

Thermal excitations within and among mesospins in artificial spin ice

Björn Erik Skovdal, Samuel D. Slöetjes, Merlin Pohlit +3

We provide experimental and numerical evidence for thermal excitations within and among magnetic mesospins, forming artificial spin ice structures. At low temperatures, a decrease…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 7 cited

Influence of misfit strain on the physical properties of Fe thin films

Anna L. Ravensburg, Gunnar K. Pálsson, Merlin Pohlit +2

We investigate the growth of thin Fe layers on MgAlO~(001) and MgO~(001) substrates using dc magnetron sputtering. The crystal quality of Fe layers deposited on MgAlO$_…

cond-mat.soft2021★ 4 cited

Self-assembly and percolation in magnetic colloids

Hauke Carstensen, Anne Krämer, Vassilios Kapaklis +1

We study the self-assembly of branching-chain networks and crystals in a binary colloidal system with tunable interactions. The particle positions are extracted from microscope ima…

physics.optics2021★ 1 cited

Steering light with magnetic textures

Ioan-Augustin Chioar, Christina Vantaraki, Merlin Pohlit +4

We study the steering of visible light using a combination of magneto-optical effects and the reconfigurability of magnetic domains in Yttrium-Iron Garnet films. The spontaneously…