Author: Dmytro

The article “Brillouin light scattering spectroscopy of magnon–phonon thermal spectra of an in-plane magnetized YIG film in two-dimensional wavevector space” was published in the Journal of Applied Physics 137, 083901 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0251149

Prof. Bozhko was named one of the winners of the “Nanoscience as Art” Contest at the IEEE NAP 2024 Conference, which was held in Riga, Latvia, from September 8 to 13, 2024.

The winning picture was obtained using magnetic Faraday effect microscopy imaging of magnetic domains induced in the Yttrium Iron Garnet/Barium Hexaferrite bilayer. Color was added at the processing stage proportional to the polarization rotation angle.

Our undergraduate student Kaitlin McAllister received NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Program (GRFP) funding! Congratulations!

Prof. Bozhko received the NSF CAREER award entitled “CAREER: Fundamental phenomena in magnon condensates” (award number DMR-2338060). The five-year project focuses on the in-depth study of macroscopic quantum states and phenomena in ferromagnetic materials. The project also aims at the development of quantum education at UCCS. Read more about the award here. The award abstract is available here.

Congratulations to Kaitlin McAllister, our undergraduate student, for winning the Top Undergraduate Scholar Award at 2023 Mountain Lion Research Day! Read more.

We are excited to announce that our group partners with Danaher Cryogenics to develop a 300mK 3He cryostat for magnonics research in the quantum limit.
The cryostat will allow microwave and optical fiber access to enable Brillouin Light Scattering experiments on magnon Bose-Einstein condensation in various materials. Stay tuned for more updates!

V. S. L’vov, A. Pomyalov, D. A. Bozhko, B. Hillebrands, and A. A. Serga, Correlation-enhanced interaction of a Bose-Einstein condensate with parametric magnon pairs and virtual magnons, Physical Review Letters 131, 156705 (2023)

Prof. Bozhko received the Department of Energy Funding for Accelerated, Inclusive Research (FAIR) initiative grant entitled “Macroscopic quantum states in antiferromagnets: Bose-Einstein condensation of anti-ferro-magnons” (DE-SC0024400). The three-year project focuses on studying magnon Bose-Einstein Condensation (BEC) in antiferromagnetic materials. Read more about the funding award in the Communique article.

Congratulations to Kaitlin McAllister and Renju Peroor for receiving the best poster awards for their presentations at the 9th Front Range Magnetics Symposium!

Prof. Bozhko received the UCCS Faculty Revitalization Fellowship award. The main goal of the award is to mitigate the COVID-19 impact on research, revitalize collaborations, and open new research directions.