Microwave Magnetics and Nanomagnetism Group

 

Mingzhong Wu was born in June 1968 in Jiangsu, China. He obtained his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Solid State Electronics in 1991 and 1999, respectively, from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, one of the top-ten universities in China. During his Ph.D. program he studied the fabrication and electromagnetic properties of magnetic metallic fibers. After receiving his degree, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Functional Materials Research Laboratory at Tongji University where he studied the microwave characterization of magnetic and dielectric materials. From June 2001 to October 2002, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Physics at the University of Connecticut where his work focused on magnetic nanoparticles and nanocomposites. In November 2002, he joined the Department of Physics at Colorado State University (CSU) as a Postdoctoral Fellow. At CSU, his work mainly focused on linear and nonlinear spin wave dynamics in magnetic thin film systems. In May 2006, he was promoted to a Research Scientist III. Then in August 2007, he was appointed as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor. His current interests include nonlinear spin waves, ferromagnetic resonance and relaxation, microwave-assisted magnetization reversal, ferrite thin films, ferromagnetic-ferroelectric heterostructures, microwave and millimeter wave devices, and nanomagnetism.

Dr. Wu has been a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) since 2006. He has been a member of the Education Committee of the IEEE Magnetics Society and a member of the Editorial Review Board of IEEE Magnetics Letters since 2009. He was a member of the Organizing Committee and the Technical Committee for the 2008 International Conference on Microwave Magnetics, a Mini–symposium Organizer and a Session Chair for the 2008 International Conference on Nonlinear Waves – Theory and Applications, a Session Chair for the 53rd Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (2008), a member of the Program Committee and a Session Chair for the 2009 International Magnetics Conference, a member of the Organizing Committee and a Session Chair for the 2010 International Conference on Microwave Magnetics, a Mini–symposium Organizer and a Session Chair for the 2010 International Conference on Nonlinear Waves – Theory and Applications, a Session Chair for the 55th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (2010), a member of the Student Award Committee for the 2011 IEEE International Magnetics Conference, a member of the Program Committee for the 2011 IEEE Magnetics Society Summer School, and a member of the Program Committee for the 56th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (2011).

Dr. Wu served as a proposal reviewer for the U.S. National Science Foundation, the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation, the Dutch Technology Foundation, the Georgian National Science Foundation, and the Louisiana Board of Regents. He also served as a reviewer for the following international journals: Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, Europhysics Letters, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, Thin Solid Films, Nanotechnology, Materials Letters, Materials Research Bulletin, Materials Chemistry and Physics, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, Physica Status Solidi, Crystal Growth & Design, Chinese Optics Letters, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, and Journal of Alloys and Compounds.

Dr. Wu has authored or co-authored over 80 publications in archival technical journals. A list of selected publications is given below.

  • W. Tong, M. Wu, L. D. Carr, and B. A. Kalinikos , "Formation of random dark envelope solitons from incoherent waves," Phys. Rev. Lett.104, 037207 (2010).

  • M. Wu, A. M. Hagerstrom, R. Eykholt, A. Kondrashov, and B. A. Kalinikos, "Excitation of chaotic spin waves through modulational instability," Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 237203 (2009).

  • A. M. Hagerstrom, W. Tong, M. Wu, B. A. Kalinikos, and R. Eykholt , "Excitation of chaotic spin waves in magnetic film feedback rings through three-wave nonlinear interactions," Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 207202 (2009).

  • M. Wu and B. A. Kanilikos, "Coupled Modulational instability of co-propagating spin waves in magnetic thin films," Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 027206 (2008).

  • M. Wu and C. E. Patton, "Experimental observation of Fermi-Pasta-Ulam recurrence in a nonlinear feedback ring system," Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 047202 (2007).

  • M. Wu, P. Krivosik, B. A. Kalinikos, and C. E. Patton, "Random generation of coherent solitary waves from incoherent waves," Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 227202 (2006).

  • M. Wu, B. A. Kalinikos, L. D. Carr, and C. E. Patton, "Observation of spin wave soliton fractals in magnetic film active feedback rings," Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 187202 (2006).

  • M. Wu, B. A. Kalinikos, and C. E. Patton, "Self-generation of chaotic solitary spin wave pulses in magnetic film active feedback rings," Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 237202 (2005).

  • M. Wu, B. A. Kalinikos, and C. E. Patton, "Generation of dark and bright spin wave envelope soliton trains through self-modulational instability in magnetic films," Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 157207 (2004).