As a result of the discipline learning the student has to:
– know and understand main magnetic phenomena which are used in electronic, micro- and nano-system engineering, optoelectronics, sensor engineering, information storage and memory devices;
– know and understand main magnetic properties of materials and substances, be able to use classification of magnetic materials to describe their functional properties;
– know main fabrication methods for typical magnetic materials and techniques for their main magnetic properties determination;
– know, understand and be able to explain, how operate main devices of electronics, micro- and nano-system engineering, optoelectronics, sensorics, information storage and memory devices which are based on magnetic phenomena usage;
– be able to analyze the functionality of device which is based on magnetic phenomena and to compare it with analogues by main characteristics as well as to reveal its advantages and drawbacks.

– prerequisites: Physics, Quantum and optic electronics, Physics of semiconductors and dielectrics, Technological fundamentals of electronics, Functional electronics
– co-requisites: Nanostructures, Sensors based on semiconductor micro- and nanocrystals

Magnetic properties of elementary particles, atoms and substances. Dia- and paramagnetism. Ferro- and antiferromagnetism. Origin and types of magnetic ordering. Spontaneous magnetization and its temperature dependence. Behaviour of magnetics in a magnetic field. Magnetic anisotropy and its kinds. Domain structure of magnetics. Dimensional effects in magnetic properties. Magnetic nanoparticles and superparamagnetism. Magnetization processes. Dynamics of magnetization reversal. Magnetic resonances. Origin and types of magneto-optic phenomena. Spin-dependent transport of charge carriers and spin current in dielectrics. Classification of magnetic materials and methods of their fabrication. Methods of determination of magnetic materials characteristics. Application of magnetic phenomena in electronics, spintronics, sensors, memory devices and biomedical technologies.

– Bokov V.A. Physics of Magnetics. – St.Petersburg: Nevskiy Dialect, 2002. – 271 p. (in Russian).
– Randoshkin V.V., Chervonenkis A.Ya. Applied magneto-optics. – Moscow: Enegoatomizdat, 1990. – 319 p. (in Russian).
– Chikazumi S. Physics of Ferromagnetism. – Oxford University Press, 2009. – 668 p.
– Litvinov V. Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Spintronics. – Pan Stanford Publishing, 2016. – 192 p.
– Nanomagnetism: Fundamentals and Applications, ed. by C. Binns. – Elsevier, 2014. – 328 p.
– Spintronics in Nanoscale Devices, ed. E.R. Hedin, Y.S. Joe. – Pan Stanford Publishing, 2014. – 213 p.
– Spintronics. From Materials to Devices, ed. by C. Felser and G.H. Fecher. – Springer, 2013. – 379 p.
– Nanomagnetism and spintronics. Fabrication, Materials, Characterization and Applications, ed. by F. Nasirpouri and A. Nogaret. – World Scientific, 2011. – 401 p.

– Current checkups: 30% – checkups on the practical classes, tests and individual tasks
– Final test: 70% – Exam (written answers and oral examination)