SKKU Institute for Convergence - Major of Energy Science(Interdisciplinary)

  • Associate Professor Energy Science
  • CHOI, GYUNGMIN 홈페이지 바로가기
    Lab Spin Information Laboratory

Research Interest

Spintronics, magnetic memory, thermal transport

Education

  • Ph.D: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Materials Science and Engineering
  • M.S: KAIST, Materials Science and Engineering
  • B.S: KAIST, Materials Science and Engineering

Experience

  • Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Senior Researcher

Journal Articles

  • (2023)  Giant Spin-Orbit Torque in Sputter-Deposited Bi Films.  ADVANCED SCIENCE.  2303831,  2303831
  • (2023)  Observation of the orbital Hall effect in a light metal Ti.  NATURE.  619,  7968
  • (2023)  Spin current driven by ultrafast magnetization of FeRh.  NATURE COMMUNICATIONS.  14,  1
  • (2023)  Thermal conductivity of yttria-stabilized zirconia thin films grown by plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY.  106,  9
  • (2023)  Pseudo-Hydrodynamic Flow of Quasiparticles in Semimetal WTe<sub>2</sub> at Room Temperature.  SMALL.  19,  27
  • (2022)  Optical detection of charge accumulation in an electrically anisotropic semimetal of WTe2.  JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY.  81,  3
  • (2022)  Optical thermometry of anisotropic semimetal of WTe2 using polarization-sensitive microscopy.  JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY.  81,  2
  • (2022)  Investigation of stiffness and damping constant of spin waves in a soft magnet Co100-xBx alloy.  APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS.  121,  1
  • (2021)  Direct observation of spin accumulation and spin-orbit torque driven by Rashba-Edelstein effect in an InAs quantum-well layer.  PHYSICAL REVIEW B.  104,  17
  • (2021)  Time-resolved measurement of magnetization vectors driven by pulsed spin-orbit torque.  APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS.  119,  2
  • (2021)  Magnetization dynamics of antiferromagnetic metals of PtMn and IrMn driven by a pulsed spin-transfer torque.  APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS.  118,  25
  • (2021)  Using Amorphous CoB Alloy as Transducer to Detect Acoustic Propagation and Heat Transport at Interface.  APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL.  11,  11
  • (2021)  Electron-Phonon Coupling Parameter of Ferromagnetic Metal Fe and Co.  MATERIALS.  14,  11
  • (2021)  Magnetic Anisotropy and Damping Constant of Ferrimagnetic GdCo Alloy near Compensation Point.  MATERIALS.  14,  10
  • (2021)  The measurement of anisotropic thermal transport using time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr effect.  AIP ADVANCES.  11,  2
  • (2020)  Exchange stiffness and damping constants of spin waves in CoFeB films.  JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS.  516, 
  • (2020)  Coherent spin waves driven by optical spin-orbit torque.  PHYSICAL REVIEW B.  102,  1
  • (2020)  Thermal coupling parameters between electron, phonon, and magnon of Nickel.  JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS.  514, 
  • (2020)  Optical method of determining the spin diffusion length of ferromagnetic metals.  JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS.  510, 
  • (2020)  Optical spin-orbit torque in heavy metal-ferromagnet heterostructures.  NATURE COMMUNICATIONS.  11,  1

Patent/Intellectual Property

  • MAGNETIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY.  16/134,523.  20200107.  UNITED STATES
  • 마그네틱램(Magnetic Random Access Memory).  10-2053-0070000.  20191202.  KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
  • Perpendicularly magnetized thin film structure and method for manufacturing the same.  13/678,856.  20160531.  UNITED STATES
  • Method for manufacturing a magnetic tunnel junction device.  14/458,617.  20160216.  UNITED STATES
  • Magnetic tunnel junction device and method for manufacturing the same.  12/658853.  20140923.  UNITED STATES
  • MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION STRUCTURE WITH PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIZATION LAYERS.  12/897914.  20121127.  UNITED STATES

Honors / Awards

  • Asia Union of Magnetics Societies, 2020 Young Researcher Award

Conference Paper

  • (2020)  Optical spin-orbit torque and its application for spin-wave excitation.  Symposium on Quantum and Nano Devices 2020.  KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
  • (2020)  Optical Spin-Orbit Torque in Heavy Metal-Ferromagnet Heterostructures.  2020 Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference.  UNITED STATES
  • (2020)  Anisotropic thermal conductivity of highly ordered pyrolytic graphite with different mosaic spread angle.  제20 회 한국열물성학회 학술대회.  KOREA, REPUBLIC OF