September 2024

Research Grant

Together with Prof. Jeroen Danon, our research project entitled "Superconducting orbitronics in hybrid systems" has been awarded funding by the Research Council of Norway. The project will hire two Ph.D students in 2025 - the call for these positions will be announced here and on the QuSpin webpage.

September 2024

New Ph.D student

Karl Hallberg joins the group after writing his master thesis on many-body quantum chaos and quantum thermalization at KTH, Stockholm. He will initially work on unconventional magnets driven out of equilibrium, so keep your eyes peeled for interesting new findings from Karl.

June 2024

Publication in PRL

The work of Lina Johnsen Kamra in collaboration with us on the strongly renormalized spin Hall effect in spin-split superconductors, "Inverse spin-Hall effect and spin swapping in spin-split superconductors", is now published in Physical Review Letters.

Congratulations!

June 2024

Award best M.Sc student

Martin Tang Bruland wins the award for best Master thesis in Technology in competition with excellent students from the whole faculty. Martin has written his master thesis in our group on the conversion between quantum currents in altermagnets and superconductors. A big congrats and well done, Martin!

May 2024

Reviews of Modern Physics

In collaboration with Morten Amundsen (QuSpin, NTNU), Jason Robinson (Cambridge), Igor Zutic (Buffalo), and Niladri Banerjee (Imperial College London), we have published a Colloquium in Reviews of Modern Physics with the title "Spin-orbit effects in superconducting hybrid structures". 

February 2024

New postdoc

Dr. Pavlo Sukhachov joins the team as postdoc. With his impressive background and expertise in a broad range of fields in theoretical condensed matter physics, Pavlo will be an asset to both the group and QuSpin as a center.

January 2024

Ph.D position available

One Ph.D position in theoretical condensed matter physics is available in our group. The topic will be quantum phenomena in hybrid structures involving magnetic and superconducting materials. 

For more information, click here.

August 2023

New Ph.D student

Johanne Tjernshaugen joins the team as a Ph.D student after completing her M.Sc degree in the group. 

With her expertise in quasiclassical theory and numerical simulations, keep your eyes peeled for new discoveries in physics coming from Johanne.

August 2023

Prof. Jabir Ali Ouassou

A big congrats to Ali for acquiring a permanent position as associate professor at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. 

Although you will be missed in the group, Ali, we're very happy for you. Well deserved!

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August 2023

Ph.D defense

Eirik Holm Fyhn successfully defended his Ph.D thesis "Green's function approach to quantum phenomena in heterostructures with spin-polarization and coherence". Opponents were Martin Leijnse and Mario Cuoco. Thank you for five amazing years, Eirik!

August 2023

Publication in PRL

The work of Eirik Fyhn, in collaboration with Arne Brataas and Alireza Qaiumzadeh,  "Superconducting proximity effect and long-ranged triplets in dirty metallic antiferromagnets" is now published in Physical Review Letters.  Congratulations!

August 2023

Postdoc pos. available

One postdoc position in theoretical condensed matter physics is available in our group. The topic will be non-equilibrium effects in hybrid structures. 

For more information, click here.

August 2023

Publication in PRL

The work of Jabir Ali Ouassou, in collaboration with Arne Brataas, on supercurrents in altermagnets "dc Josephson effect in altermagnets" is now published in Physical Review Letters. Congratulations!

June 2023

Ph.D defense

Lina Johnsen Kamra successfully defended her  Ph.D thesis "Proximity effects, spin transport, and phase transitions in superconducting hybrids ". Opponents were Paola Gentile and Tero Heikkilä .

Thank you for six memorable years, Lina!

June 2023

Publication in PRL

Collaborating with the experimental group of Farkhad Aliev at Madrid University, the paper "Observation of magnetic state dependent thermoelectricity in superconducting spin valves" is now published in Physical Review Letters. Special shoutout to Jabir Ali Ouassou for his impressive work on the numerical simulations in this publication.

June 2023

Award for best Master student

Johanne Tjernshaugen wins the award for best Master student in the Natural Sciences in competition with excellent students from the whole faculty. She has written her master thesis in our group on non-equilibrium effects in spin-split superconductors. A big congrats and well done, Johanne!

March 2023

Publication in Science Adv.

Collaborating with the group of Alex Khajetoorians at Radboud University, the paper "Extreme enhancement of superconductivity in epitaxial aluminium near the monolayer limit" is now published in Science Advances. Special shoutout to Eirik Fyhn for his tremendous work on the vortex simulations in this publication.

February 2023

Postdoc opportunity

The Faculty of Natural Sciences at NTNU will support the application of an excellent researcher outside Norway for a postdoc position in theoretical condensed matter physics.

For more information, contact me at jacob dot linder at ntnu dot no.

January 2023

Ph.D position available

One Ph.D position in theoretical condensed matter physics is available in our group. The topic will be non-equilibrium effects in hybrid structures. 

For more information, click here.

August 2022

New Ph.D student

Erik Hodt joins the team as a Ph.D student after completing his M.Sc degree in the group. 

Bringing his experience on time-dependent evolution of magnetic order due to quantum quenches and quantum phase diagrams with phase separation, Erik will be undoubtedly be an asset to the group. 

March 2022

Ph.D defense

Atousa Ghanbari Birgani defended successfully her  Ph.D thesis "RKKY interaction and coexistence with magnetism in superconducting systems". Opponents were Paola Gentile and Manuel Houzet while Jeroen Danon was administrator of the committee.

Thank you for an awesome journey, Atousa!

January 2022

Ph.D position available

One Ph.D position in theoretical condensed matter physics is available in our group. The topic will be spintronics with a particular focus on superconducting materials. 

For more information, click here.

November 2021

Publication in PRL

The work of Ph.D student Lina G. Johnsen, in collaboration with Linde Olthof and Prof. Jason Robinson on boosting the critical temperature of unconventional superconductors has been accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters: "Controllable enhancement of p-wave superconductivity via magnetic coupling to a conventional superconductor".

November 2021

New postdoc

Dr. Jabir Ali Ouassou joins the team as a postdoc, bringing valuable expertise on superconducting proximity effects in and out of equilibrium as well as advanced numerical skills. 

Recently awarded with a national prize for best Ph.D degree in physics, Ali will be a solid asset to the group and surely continue his success in the academic world.

October 2021

Publication in PRL

The work of Ph.D student Lina G. Johnsen, in collaboration with Dr. Haakon Simensen and Prof. Arne Brataas, on induced magnon spin flow via triplet supercurrents been accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters with the title "Magnon spin current induced by triplet Cooper pair supercurrents".

September 2021

Birkeland Prize in Physics

Dr. Jabir Ali Ouassou is awarded the national Birkeland Prize 2020 for best Ph.D degree in physics with his thesis Manipulating superconductivity in magnetic nanostructures in and out of equilibrium. 

The jury wrote of Ouassou's work that it is basic research at its best. Well deserved, Ali!

June 2021

Research Grant

Our research project, together with Prof. Asle Sudbø, entitled "Equilibrium and out-of-equilibrium quantum phenomena in superconducting hybrids with antiferromagnets and topological insulators" has been awarded funding by the Norwegian Research Council for 3 years.

October 2020

Visit from Cambridge

Group dinner at Eirik and Hursanay's place, including also Linde Olde Olthof visiting from Cambridge.

Thanks for a great evening!

September 2020

Ph.D defense 

Morten Amundsen defended brilliantly his Ph.D thesis "Proximity effects in superconducting hybrid systems with spin-dependent interactions". Opponents were James Annett and Yakov Fominov and Christoph Brüne was administrator of the committee.

Thanks for six fantastic years, Morten!

August 2020

Publication in PRL

The work of Ph.D student Lina G. Johnsen and Kristian Svalland on a novel method to control the superconducting transition temperature is accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters with the title "Controlling the superconducting transition by rotation of an inversion symmetry breaking axis".

January 2020

Publication in PRL

The work of PH.D student Jabir Ali Ouassou, in collaboration with Prof. Wolfgang Belzig (Konstantz), on the electromagnetic response of superconductors driven out of equilibrium is accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters with the title "Prediction of a paramagnetic Meissner effect in voltage-biased superconductor–normal-metal bilayers".

December 2019

Reviews of Modern Physics

In collaboration with Prof. Alexander Balatsky (NORDITA), we have published a comprehensive paper reviewing the historic development as well as state-of-the-art on odd-frequency superconductivity in Reviews of Modern Physics with the title "Odd-frequency superconductivity".

August 2019

Ph.D defense 

Vetle successfully defended his thesis "Spin currents and torques via magnons, electrons, and Cooper pairs". Johan Åkerman and Paola Gentile served as opponents at the defense, with Jeroen Danon as evaluation committee administrator.

Congratulations on an outstanding thesis, Vetle! 

April 2019

Physics World article

Our collaborative work entitled "Controlling the superconducting phase transition by spin-orbit coupling" with the groups of Niladri Banerjee (Loughborough) and Mark Blamire (Cambridge) has been covered in Physics World.

Check out the article where Niladri Banerjee explains how superconducting spintronics could impact supercomputers and the accompanying video. 

April 2019

Publication in PRL

The work of Ph.D students Øyvind Johansen adn Vetle Risinggård on magnetization dynamics and the BKT-transition in 2D van der Waals ferromagnet Fe3GeTe2 is accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters withthe title "Current control of magnetism in two-dimensional Fe3GeTe2".

March 2019

Ph.D defense 

Jabir Ali Ouassou successfully defended his Ph.D thesis entitled "Manipulating superconductivity in magnetic nanostructures in and out of equilibrium". Paola Gentile and Manuel Houzet served as opponents at the defense, with John Ove Fjaerestad as evaluation committee administrator.

Congratulations on a fantastic thesis, Ali! 

September 2018

New Ph.D student

Atousa Ghanbari joins the team as a Ph.D student after writing her master thesis on spin transport in silicene.

With her experience on non-equilibrium Green function techniques on a lattice, Atousa will be a great addition to the group.

April 2018

Publication in PRL

The work of Ph.D students Morten Amundsen and Jabir Ali Ouassou on unusual vortex excitations in non-superconducting materials is accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters with the title "Field-free nucleation of antivortices and giant vortices in non-superconducting materials".