Mingzhong Wu

Assistant Professor

PhD, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1999.
Senior Member, The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), since 2006.
Associate Editor of IEEE Magnetics Letters, since 2012.
Chair of IEEE Magnetics Society Education Committee, since 2012.

Microwave Magnetics and Nanomagnetism

The Microwave Magnetics and Nanomagnetism group is interested in many topics in magnetism and magnetic materials. The current research areas include ferromagnetic resonance and relaxation, spin wave envelope solitons, chaotic spin waves, microwave assisted magnetization reversal, ferrite thin films, ferromagnetic and ferroelectric heterostructures, spintronics, multiferroics, microwave and millimeter wave devices, and nanomagnetism.

The group is currently supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, US Ferroics, Western Digital, and Colorado State University.

Inquiries are welcome from graduate and undergraduate students with an interest in magnetics, recently graduated Ph.D. scientists interested in post-doctoral fellow appointments, and senior scientists interested in visiting appointments.

Contact Information: Professor Mingzhong Wu, Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA; Phone: (970) 491-6312; Fax: (970) 491-7947; E-mail: mwu@lamar.colostate.edu

Selected Publications

M. Wu, B. A. Kalinikos, and C. E. Patton, "Generation of dark and bright spin wave envelope soliton trains through self-modulational instability in magnetic films," Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 157207 (2004).
M. Wu, B. A. Kalinikos, and C. E. Patton, "Self-generation of chaotic solitary spin wave pulses in magnetic film active feedback rings," Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 237202 (2005).
M. Wu, B. A. Kalinikos, L. D. Carr, and C. E. Patton, "Observation of spin wave soliton fractals in magnetic film active feedback rings," Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 187202 (2006).
M. Wu, P. Krivosik, B. A. Kalinikos, and C. E. Patton, "Random generation of coherent solitary waves from incoherent waves," Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 227202 (2006).
M. Wu and C. E. Patton, "Experimental observation of Fermi-Pasta-Ulam recurrence in a nonlinear feedback ring system," Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 047202 (2007).
M. Wu and B. A. Kanilikos, "Coupled Modulational instability of co-propagating spin waves in magnetic thin films," Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 027206 (2008).
A. M. Hagerstrom, W. Tong, M. Wu, B. A. Kalinikos, and R. Eykholt , "Excitation of chaotic spin waves in magnetic film feedback rings through three-wave nonlinear interactions," Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 207202 (2009).
M. Wu, A. M. Hagerstrom, R. Eykholt, A. Kondrashov, and B. A. Kalinikos, "Excitation of chaotic spin waves through modulational instability," Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 237203 (2009).
W. Tong, M. Wu, L. D. Carr, and B. A. Kalinikos , "Formation of random dark envelope solitons from incoherent waves," Phys. Rev. Lett.104, 037207 (2010).
Z. Wang, Y. Sun, M. Wu, V. Tiberkevich, and A. Slavin, "Control of spin waves in a thin film ferromagnetic insulator through interfacial spin scattering," Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 146602 (2011).
B. Heinrich, C. Burrowes, E. Montoya, B. Kardasz, E. Girt, Y. Song, Y. Sun, and M. Wu, "Spin pumping at magnetic insulator (YIG)/normal metal (Au) interfaces," Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 066604 (2011).
Z. Wang, A. Hagerstrom, J. Q. Anderson, W. Tong, M. Wu, L. D. Carr, R. Eykholt, and B. Kalinikos, "Chaotic spin-wave solitons in magnetic film feedback rings," Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 114102 (2011).