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Publications

Spin-transfer torque switching below 20 kA/cm2 in perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions
J. C. Leutenantsmeyer, M. Walter, S. Wittrock, P. Peretzki, H. Schuhmann, M. Seibt, M. Münzenberg, arXiv:1309.3397.

2014

Resolving the role of femtosecond heated electrons in ultrafast spin dynamics
J. Mendil, P. Nieves, O. Chubykalo-Fesenko, J. Walowski, T. Santos, S. Pisana & M. Münzenberg, Scientific Reports 4, 3980 (2014)
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2013

Terahertz spin current pulses controlled by magnetic heterostructures
T. Kampfrath, M. Battiato, P. Maldonado, G. Eilers, J. Nötzold, S. Mährlein, V. Zbarskyy, F. Freimuth, Y. Mokrousov, S. Blügel, M. Wolf, I. Radu, P. M. Oppeneer, M. Münzenberg, Nature Nanotechnology 8, 256 (2013).

Interface-engineered templates for molecular spin memory devices
K. V. Raman, A. M. Kamerbeek, A. Mukherjee, N. Atodiresei, T. K. Sen, P. Lazić, V. Caciuc, R. Michel, D. Stalke, S. K. Mandal, S. Blügel, M. Münzenberg, J. S. Moodera, Nature 493, 509 (2013).

Superconducting spin switch with infinite magnetoresistance induced by an internal exchange field
B. Li, N. Roschewsky, B. A. Assaf, M. Eich, M. Epstein-Martin, D. Heiman, M. Münzenberg, and J. S. Moodera, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 097001 (2013).

Parameter space for thermal spin-transfer torque
J. C. Leutenantsmeyer, M. Walter, V. Zbarsky, M. Münzenberg, R. Gareev, K. Rott, A. Thomas, G. Reiss, P. Peretzki, H. Schuhmann, M. Seibt, M. Czerner, C. Heiliger, SPIN 3, 1350002 (2013).

Time-resolved measurement of the tunnel magneto-Seebeck effect in a single magnetic tunnel junction
A. Boehnke, M. Walter, N. Roschewsky, T. Eggebrecht, V. Drewello, K. Rott, M. Münzenberg, A. Thomas, G. Reiss, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 84, 063905 (2013).

Measurement of the magneto-optical response of Fe and CrO2 epitaxial films by pump-probe spectroscopy: Evidence for spin-charge separation
E. Carpene, F. Boschini, H. Hedayat, C. Piovera, and C. Dallera, E. Puppin, M. Mansurova, M. Münzenberg, X. Zhang and A. Gupta, Phys. Rev. B 87 (2013).

2012

Insights into ultrafast demagnetization in pseudo-gap half metals
A. Mann, J. Walowski, M. Münzenberg, S. Maat, M. J. Carey, J. R. Childress, C. Mewes, D. Ebke, V. Drewello, G. Reiss, A. Thomas, Phys. Rev. X 2, 041008 (2012).
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Spin-wave modes and band structure of rectangular CoFeB antidot lattices
B. Lenk, N. Abeling, J. Panke, M. Münzenberg, J. Appl. Phys. 112, 083921 (2012)

General articles (non-refereed publications, book chapters)
Photo-magnonics
B. Lenk, F. Garbs, H. Ulrichs, N. Abeling, M. Münzenberg, in Magnonics: From Fundamentals to Applications (Topics in Applied Physics) Sergej O. Demokritov (Editor), Andrei N. Slavin (Editor) (2012)

Vom Seebeck-Effekt zur Spinkaloritronik - Heiße Elektronik
A. Thomas, M. Münzenberg, Physik in unserer Zeit 6, (2012)

2011

Seebeck effect in magnetic tunnel junctions
M. Walter, J. Walowski, V. Zbarsky, M. Münzenberg, M. Schäfers, D. Ebke, G. Reiss, A. Thomas, P. Peretzki, M. Seibt, J.S. Moodera, M. Czerner, M. Bachmann, C. Heiliger, Nature Materials 10, 742 (2011)

The building blocks of magnonics (review)
B. Lenk, H. Ulrichs, F. Garbs, M. Münzenberg, Physics Reports 507, 107 (2011)

Tunneling path toward spintronics (review)
G.-X. Miao, M. Münzenberg and J. S. Moodera, Reports on Progress in Physics 74, 036501 (2011)

Tunnel magnetoresistance in alumina, magnesia and composite tunnel barrier magnetic tunnel junctions
O. Schebaum, V. Drewello, A. Auge, G. Reiss, M. Münzenberg, H. Schuhmann, M. Seibt and A. Thomas, J. Magn. and Magn. Mater. 323, 1525 (2011)

Long-lived ultrafast spin precession in manganese alloys films with a large perpendicular magnetic anisotropy
S. Mizukami, F. Wu, A. Sakuma, J. Walowski, D. Watanabe, T. Kubota, X. Zhang, H. Naganuma, M. Oogane, Y. Ando, and T. Miyazaki, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 117201 (2011)

General articles (non-refereed publications, book chapters)
Witnesses of the past, teachers of the future?, Promoting learning
M. Münzenberg, Georgia Augusta, special issue for the excellence initiative evaluation (2011).

2010

Magnonic spin-wave modes in CoFeB antidot lattices
H. Ulrichs, B. Lenk, and M. Münzenberg; Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 092506 (2010)

Unusual spin-wave population in nickel after femtosecond laser pulse excitation
B. Lenk, G. Eilers, J. Hamrle, and M. Münzenberg; Phys. Rev. B 82, 134443 (2010)

Ferromagnets stirred up
M. Münzenberg,
Nature Materials 9, 184 (2010)

Evidence for thermal mechanisms in laser-induced femtosecond spin dynamics
U. Atxitia, O. Chubykalo-Fesenko, J. Walowski, A. Mann, and M. Münzenberg, Phys. Rev. B 81 174401 (2010)

Taking advantage of nature for a greener nonvolatile memory
M. Münzenberg and J. S. Moodera,
Physics 3, 19 (2010)

Elastic and inelastic conductance in CoFeB/ MgO/ CoFeB magnetic tunnel junctions
A. A. Khan, J. Schmalhorst, G. Reiss, G. Eilers, M. Münzenberg, H. Schuhmann, M. Seibt, Phys. Rev. B 82, 064416 (2010)

Analytical expression of the magneto-optical Kerr effect and Brillouin light scattering intensity arising from dynamic magnetization
J. Hamrle, J. Pištora, B. Hillebrands, B. Lenk, and M. Muenzenberg, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 43, 325004 (2010)

2009

Spin polarization in half metals probed by femtosecond spin excitation
G. Müller, J. Walowski, M. Djordjevic, G.-X. Miao, A. Gupta, A. V. Ramos, K. Gehrke, V. Moshnyaga, K. Samwer, J. Schmalhorst, A. Thomas, A. Hütten, G. Reiss, J. S. Moodera, M. Münzenberg,
Nature Materials 8, 56 (2009)

Electric breakdown in ultrathin MgO tunnel barrier junctions for spin-transfer torque switching
M. Schäfers,V. Drewello, G. Reiss, A. Thomas, K. Thiel, G. Eilers, M. Münzenberg, H. Schuhmann, and M. Seibt, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 232119 (2009)

Long range order on the atomic scale induced at CoFeB/MgO interfaces
G. Eilers, H. Ulrichs, M. Münzenberg, A. Thomas, K. Thiel, M. Seibt, J. Appl. Phys. 105, 073701 (2009)

2008

Energy equilibration processes of electrons, magnons, and phonons at the femtosecond time scale
J. Walowski, G. Müller, M. Djordjevic, M. Münzenberg, M. Kläui, C. A. F. Vaz and J. A. C. Bland, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 237401 (2008)

Epitaxial growth of MgO and Fe/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junctions on (100)-Si by molecular beam epitaxy
G. X. Miao, J. Y. Chang, M. J. van Veenhuizen, K. Thiel, M. Seibt, G. Eilers, M. Münzenberg, and J. S. Moodera, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 142511 (2008)

Effect of oxygen vacancy on the coherent Tunneling in Epitaxial Fe/MgO/Fe Magnetic Tunnel Junctions
G. X. Miao, Y. J. Park, J. S. Moodera, M. Seibt, G. Eilers, M. Münzenberg, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 246803 (2008)

Intrinsic and non-local Gilbert damping in polycrystalline nickel examined applying Ti:Sapphire laser femtosecond spectroscopy
J. Walowski, M. Djordjevic-Kaufmann, C. Hamann, J. McCord and M. Münzenberg, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 41 , 164016 (2008)


Magnetization dynamics in optically excited nanostructured nickel films
G. Müller, G. Eilers, Z. Wang, M. Scherff and M. Münzenberg, R. Ji, K. Nielsch, New J. Phys. 10, 123004 (2008)

Direct imaging of the structural change generated by dielectric breakdown in MgO based magnetic tunnel junctions
A. Thomas, V. Drewello, M. Schäfers, A. Weddemann, G. Reiss, G. Eilers, M. Münzenberg, K. Thiel, M. Seibt, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93 , 152508 (2008)

Activation of additional energy dissipation processes in the magnetization dynamics of epitaxial chromiumdioxide films
G.M. Müller, M. Münzenberg, G.-X. Miao and A. Gupta; Phys. Rev. B. 77, 020412(R) (2008)

Spin dynamics triggered by sub-terahertz magnetic field pulses
Z. Wang, M. Pietz, A. Förster, M. I. Lepsa and M. Münzenberg; J. Appl. Phys. 103, 123905 (2008)

2007

Connecting the timescales in picosecond remagnetization experiments
M. Djordjevic, M. Münzenberg; Phys. Rev. B 75, 012404 (2007)


Nanofabrication of spin-transfer torque devices by a PMMA mask one step process: GMR versus single layer devices
A. Parge, T. Niermann, M. Seibt, M. Münzenberg; J. Appl. Phys. 101, 104302 (2007)

A novel spin transfer torque effect in Ag2Co granular films
Y. Luo, M. Esseling, M. Münzenberg, K. Samwer; New J. Phys. 9, 329 (2007)

Tuning the 4f state occupancy of Ce in highly correlated CeSi/Fe multilayers: An x-ray absorption spectroscopy study
M. Münzenberg, W. Felsch, P.Schaaf; Phys. Rev. B 76, 014427 (2007)

2006

Intrinsic and non-local Gilbert damping parameter in all optical pump-probe experiments
M. Djordjevic, G. Eilers, A. Parge, M. Münzenberg, J. S. Moodera; J. Appl. Phys. 99, 08F308 (2006)

Giant nonlocal damping by spin wave emission
G. Eilers, M. Lüttich, M. Münzenberg; Phys. Rev. B 74, 054411 (2006)

Comprehensive view on ultrafast dynamics of ferromagnetic films
M. Djordjevic, M. Lüttich, P. Moschkau, P. Guderian, T. Kampfrath, R. G. Ulbrich, M. Münzenberg, W. Felsch, J. S. Moodera; Phys. Stat. Sol. C (invited) 3, 1347 (2006)

2005, 2004

Reply to comment on Isolating the Interface Magnetocrystalline Anisotropy Contributions in Magnetic Multilayers
S. S. Dhesi, H. A. Dürr, M. Münzenberg, and W. Felsch; Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, p.039702 (2005)

Magnetic texturing of xenon-ion irradiated nickel films
Kun Zhang, , K.P. Lieb, G.A. Müller, P. Schaaf, M. Uhrmacher and M. Münzenberg; Eur. Phys. J. B 42, p.193-204 (2004)

Fabrication and Characteristics of Ferromagnetic Single Electron Transistors
J. Philip, D. Wang, B. Diouf, M. Münzenberg, J.S. Moodera, J.G. Lu; J. Magn. Magn. Materials 272-276, p.1946 (2004)

Superconductor-ferromagnet tunneling measurements indicate sp-spin and d-spin currents,
M. Münzenberg, J.S. Moodera; Phys. Rev. B 70, 060402(R) (2004).