Alireza Qaiumzadeh

Researcher

Department of Physics Faculty of Natural Sciences

alireza.qaiumzadeh@ntnu.no +47 73593104

Realfagbygget, E5-147, Gløshaugen

Research topics

I am a theoretical condensed matter physicist interested in the following research areas:

Spintronics, magnonics and spin-orbitronics
Topological defects and solitons (skyrmions, hopfions, ...)
Optomagnetism and optomagnonics
Ultrafast Phenomena and Floquet theory
Nonequilibrium phenomena
Superconducting spintronics
Topological order and quantum spin liquids
Quantum many-body effects in novel 2D systems

Academic Experience

2016-onwards Senior Researcher, NTNU, Norway
2014-2015 Postdoc, RU, the Netherlands
2011-2013 Postdoc, NTNU, Norway

Education

2011 PhD., Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, IASBS, Iran
2006 MSc., Theoretical Particle Physics, IUT, Iran
2004 BSc., Electronic Engineering, Shiraz Univ. and SRTTU, Iran

Projects

- EEA and Norway grants, GRIEG call 2020-2023 (€1.4 million): Transport in novel quantum materials
- NTNU Nano’s Enhanced Impact Fund 2020-2021 (NOK 120,000): Micormagnetic Simulation of Antiferromagnetic Nanostructures

Team Members

Postdocs:

2020- Marion M. S. Barbeau

PhD Students:

2021- Verena Brehm
2017-2019 Rohollah Khoshlahni
Project: Topological properties and dynamics of skyrmions in antiferromagnetic nanostructures

Master Students:

2020- Herman L. Ottesen
Project: Transport in novel correlated quantum materials
2020- Viroshaan Uthayamoorthy & Even A. Tønseth
Project: Real-world simulations of antiferromagnetic nanostructures
2019-2020 Trond H. Haug (Next position: Process engineer @ Sensonor)
Project: Ultrafast two-magnon excitation in antiferromagnetic insulators
2019-2020 Ivan Ushakov (Next position: PhD student @ NTNU)
Project: Phase diagram of the extended Kane-Mele-Hubbard model
2018-2019 Juan M. Losada (Next position: PhD student @ UiT)
Project: Ultrafast manipulation of Heisenberg exchange and Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interactions in antiferromagnetic insulators
2018-2019 Sander Ø. Hanslin (Next position: PhD student @ NTNU)
Project: Theoy of antisymmetric exchange in metallic antiferromagnetic thin films
2018-2019 Mette Wirak (Next position: Software engineer @ Cisco)
Project: Spin dynamics in magnetic structures: A numerical study
2018-2019 Kristian B. Næss (Next position: Management Consultant Associate @ PwC)
Project: Thermoelectric properties of (anti)ferromagnet/superconductor hybrid junctions
2017-2018 Andreas S. Krogen (Next position: PhD student @ TU Delft )
Project: All-optical magnetisation switching in 2D metallic ferro- and antiferromagnetic Systems
2016-2017 Lars A. Kristiansen (Next position: Software developer)
Project: Spin-orbit-induced dynamics of magnetic textures

Guest Researchers:

2019 (July-October) Dr. Mahroo Shiranzaei (Uppsala University)
Project: Magnon BEC

Job Offers

Postdocs

Currently there is no opening.
If you are interested, there might be possibilities through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, Individual Fellowships. For more information see FINS.

PhD Theses

Currently there is no opening.

Master Theses

There are possibilities for master thesis/specialization projects in our group. Please contact me by email for more information.

Scientific, academic and artistic work

A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database

2020

Ado, I. A.; Qaiumzadeh, Alireza; Brataas, Arne; Titov, M.. (2020) Chiral ferromagnetism beyond Lifshitz invariants. Physical review B (PRB). vol. 101.
Izadi Vishkayi, Sahar; Torbatian, Zahra; Qaiumzadeh, Alireza; Asgari, Reza. (2020) Strain and electric-field control of spin-spin interactions in monolayer CrI3. PHYSICAL REVIEW MATERIALS. vol. 4.
Jakobsen, Martin Fonnum; Naess, Kristian B; Dutta, Paramita; Brataas, Arne; Qaiumzadeh, Alireza. (2020) Electrical and thermal transport in antiferromagnet-superconductor junctions. Physical review B (PRB). vol. 102 (14).
Lebrun, Romain; Ross, Andrew; Gomonay, Olena; Baltz, V.; Ebels, U; Barra, Anne Laure; Qaiumzadeh, Alireza; Brataas, Arne; Sinova, Jairo; Klaui, Mathias Michael. (2020) Long-distance spin-transport across the Morin phase transition up to room temperature in ultra-low damping single crystals of the antiferromagnet α-Fe2O3. Nature Communications. vol. 11.
Moghaddam, Ali G.; Qaiumzadeh, Alireza; Dyrdał, Anna; Berakdar, Jamal. (2020) Highly Tunable Spin-Orbit Torque and Anisotropic Magnetoresistance in a Topological Insulator Thin Film Attached to Ferromagnetic Layer. Physical Review Letters. vol. 125 (19).
Mohseni, Morteza; Qaiumzadeh, Alireza; Serga, Alexander; Brataas, Arne; Hillebrands, Burkard; Pirro, Philipp. (2020) Bose–Einstein condensation of nonequilibrium magnons in confined systems. New Journal of Physics. vol. 22.
Zheng, Jun-Hui; Brataas, Arne; Klaui, Mathias Michael; Qaiumzadeh, Alireza. (2020) Theory of domain-wall magnetoresistance in metallic antiferromagnets. Physical review B (PRB). vol. 102 (18).

2019

Jakobsen, Martin Fonnum; Qaiumzadeh, Alireza; Brataas, Arne. (2019) Scattering theory of transport through disordered magnets. Physical review B (PRB). vol. 100 (13).
Khoshlahni, Rohollah; Qaiumzadeh, Alireza; Bergman, Anders; Brataas, Arne. (2019) Ultrafast generation and dynamics of isolated skyrmions in antiferromagnetic insulators. Physical review B (PRB). vol. 99 (5).
Lebrun, Romain; Ross, Andrew; Gomonay, Olena; Bender, Scott A.; Baldrati, Lorenzo; Kronast, Florian; Qaiumzadeh, Alireza; Sinova, Jairo; Brataas, Arne; Duine, Rembert; Klaui, Mathias Michael. (2019) Anisotropies and magnetic phase transitions in insulating antiferromagnets determined by a Spin-Hall magnetoresistance probe. Communications Physics. vol. 2 (1).
Losada, Juan Manuel; Brataas, Arne; Qaiumzadeh, Alireza. (2019) Ultrafast control of spin interactions in honeycomb antiferromagnetic insulators. Physical review B (PRB). vol. 100 (6).
Ross, Andrew; Lebrun, Romain; Gomonay, Olena; Grave, Daniel A.; Kay, Asaf; Baldrati, Lorenzo; Becker, Sven; Qaiumzadeh, Alireza; Ulloa, Camilo; Jakob, Gerhard; Kronast, Florian; Sinova, Jairo; Duine, Rembert; Brataas, Arne; Rothschild, Avner; Klaui, Mathias Michael. (2019) Propagation Length of Antiferromagnetic Magnons Governed by Domain Configurations. Nano Letters. vol. 20 (1).
Wang, Xiansi; Qaiumzadeh, Alireza; Brataas, Arne. (2019) Current-Driven Dynamics of Magnetic Hopfions. Physical Review Letters. vol. 123 (14).

2018

Ado, I. A.; Qaiumzadeh, Alireza; Duine, Rembert; Brataas, Arne; Titov, M. (2018) Asymmetric and Symmetric Exchange in a Generalized 2D Rashba Ferromagnet. Physical Review Letters. vol. 121 (8).
Gao, Tenghua; Qaiumzadeh, Alireza; An, Hongyu; Musha, Akira; Kageyama, Yuito; Shi, Ji; Ando, Kazuya. (2018) Intrinsic Spin-Orbit Torque Arising from the Berry Curvature in a Metallic-Magnet/Cu-Oxide Interface. Physical Review Letters. vol. 121 (1).
Lebrun, Romain; Ross, Andreas; Bender, Scott A.; Qaiumzadeh, Alireza; Baldrati, Lorenzo; Cramer, Joel; Brataas, Arne; Duine, Rembert; Klaui, Mathias Michael. (2018) Tunable long-distance spin transport in a crystalline antiferromagnetic iron oxide. Nature. vol. 561 (7722).
Qaiumzadeh, Alireza; Ado, Ivan A.; Duine, Rembert; Titov, Mikhail; Brataas, Arne. (2018) Theory of the Interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction in Rashba Antiferromagnets. Physical Review Letters. vol. 120 (19).
Qaiumzadeh, Alireza; Brataas, Arne. (2018) Quantum magnetization fluctuations via spin shot noise. Physical review B (PRB). vol. 98 (22).
Qaiumzadeh, Alireza; Kristiansen, Lars Andrè; Brataas, Arne. (2018) Controlling chiral domain walls in antiferromagnets using spin-wave helicity. Physical review B (PRB). vol. 97 (2).

2017

Flovik, Vegard; Qaiumzadeh, Alireza; Nandy, Ashis K.; Heo, Changhoon; Rasing, Theo. (2017) Generation of single skyrmions by picosecond magnetic field pulses. Physical review B (PRB). vol. 96 (14).