Entry Date:
October 29, 2010

Beach Group: Laboratory for Nanomagnetism and Spin Dynamics (Spin Dynamics Group at MIT)

Principal Investigator Geoffrey Beach


The spin dynamics group at MIT, headed by Professor Geoffrey Beach is an experimental group studying spin dynamics and spin-electronics in nanoscale magnetic materials and devices. Work aims at exploring the fundamental underpinnings of new concepts in spin-based data storage, computation, and communications. The Spin Dynamics Group studies the dynamical behavior of magnetic -- or “spintronic” -- materials and structures. We are interested in new spin-based concepts in data storage, computing, and nanomedicine, and the fundamental materials properties to enable these technologies. Activities include materials growth, nanoscale patterning, advanced instrumentation development, and a variety of characterization techniques supported by numerical simulations.

Research interests cover a range of topics in the field of nanomagnetism and spin dynamics, with applications ranging from data storage and computing to biomedical devices.