Prof. Alexander Granovsky

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Scientific Activities

• Author/coauthor of 2 books
• Author/coauthor of over 150 papers in refereed journals
• Membership of Magnetic Society of Russia
• Membership of the Council of Magnetism of Russian Academy of Science
• Membership of the Committee C-9 of IUPAP
• Membership of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Functional Materials
• Membership of Organizing Committees of International Conferences, Symposiums and Workshops on Magnetism (MISM, ICM, EASTMAG, NMMM, SOMMA, Nanomagnetism etc)

Topics of interest

• Spin-dependent transport in nanostructured materials (magnetoresistance, Extraordinary Hall Effect, planar Hall effect, spin injection, influence of quantum well states, quantum and quasi-classical size effects) and its application in spintronics
• Enhanced magneto-optical properties of nanostructured materials
• Magnetophotonic crystals
• Spin-dependent high frequency tunneling in magnetic tunnel junctions and nanogranular alloys
• Giant magneto-impedance and magnetic sensors based on giant magneto-impedance
• Diluted magnetic semiconductors and magnetic oxides

Main Achievements

• Developed quantum-statistical theory of the Extraordinary Hall effect in disordered ferromagnetic alloys, amorphous alloys, spin glasses, and granular alloys.
• Developed theory of magneto-optical spectra in magnetic granular alloys.
• Proposed and developed ultrafast laser detectors based on the anisotropic thermopower in thin films.
• Proposed a pump-probe method for studying of ultrafast spin dynamics in ferromagnets and estimated characteristic times of the energy exchange between electron, magnetic and phonon subsystems of nickel.
• Investigated theoretically the giant magneto-impedance at high frequencies; proposed a novel magneto-impedance element with enhanced sensitivity – composite wire; developed magneto-impedance magnetic sensors.
• Predicted, developed a theory, and explained experimental results on the magnetorefractive effect in magnetic nanogranular alloys with giant and tunnel magnetoresistance
• Developed a theory of magneto-optical properties of magnetophotonic crystals.

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