A research group led by Assistant Professor Takuya Sato, Professor Emeritus Kazuo Kuroda, and Professor Tsutomu Shimura of the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo in cooperation with Professor Eiji Saitoh et al. of the Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University along with Director Boris Ivanov of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine succeeded in the emission of magnetic waves (spin waves) through exposing magnets to light pulses and was also able to directionally control the spin waves by changing the shape of the light spot.

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Professor Eiji Saitoh

Advanced Institute for Materials Research / Institute for Materials Research

Tohoku University

Address: 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, Japan, 980-8577

TEL: +81-22-215-2021

E-mail: saitoheiji*imr.tohoku.ac.jp (Replace * with @)