Dennis Gabor Prize for Pál Koppa
2017. December 15.
Dr. Pál Gábor Koppa, head of the Department of Atomic Physics, was awarded for his contributions in optics research.
Source: http://www.gabordenes.hu/gabor-denes-dij-2017-sajtoanyag/
News
BME student wins Eötvös Competition
2017. December 04.
BME physics freshman Péter Tamás Kovács won this year's Eötvös Physics Competition.
Supervisors' award for András Halbritter
2017. December 03.
The head of our Department of Physics recieved the "Mestertanár" Award of the National Council of Student Research Societies.
Magnetic skyrmions
2017. November 24.
The BME-MTA Magneto-optical Spectroscopy Research Group of the Department of Physics published two experimental studies in Scientific Reports. In their first study [1], they reveal the ferroelectric domain structure of polar magnets, and their effects on the magnetic skyrmions in the material. In their subsequent work [2], they report the first-time observation of an exotic magnetically ordered ground state, a so-called skyrmion lattice.
[1] Á. Butykai, S. Bordács, I. Kézsmárki, V. Tsurkan, A. Loidl, J. Döring, E. Neuber, P. Milde, S. C. Kehr, L. M. Eng, Characteristics of ferroelectric-ferroelastic domains in Néel-type skyrmion host GaV4S8, Scientific Reports 7, 44663 (2017).
[2] S. Bordács, Á. Butykai, B. G. Szigeti, J. S. White, R. Cubitt, A. O. Leonov, S. Widmann, D. Ehlers, H.-A. Krug von Nidda, V. Tsurkan, A. Loidl, I. Kézsmárki, Equilibrium Skyrmion Lattice Ground State in a Polar Easy-plane Magnet, Scientific Reports 7, 7584 (2017).
Dead time in nanoscale switches
2017. October 24.
A novel timescale governing the dynamics of nanoscale switches was observed by the researchers of the molecular electronics group of the Department of Physics.
Researchers' Night
2017. September 28.
The event starts at 4pm, September 29, in the lecture hall F29 of the Institute of Physics.
New helium liquefier
2017. September 18.
The Department of Physics received funding to establish a new helium liquefier. As part of the project, developments at our partners ELTE, MTA TTK, MTA EK and MTA Wigner RC will also be realized, aiding the collaboration of these institutions, and the sustainable helium consumption in Central Hungary.
Trefort Prize for Károly Härtlein
2017. September 14.
Our colleague Károly Härtlein received the Trefort Ágoston Prize for his outstanding, long-term contributions in teaching and popularizing physics. This highly prestigious annual award is aimed to recognize efforts of professionals in education. Congratulations!
Novel spin relaxation in semiconductors
2017. September 04.
The theoretical description of spin relaxation is the key to spintronics, a potential new paradigm aiming to substitute conventional electronics. The study, published by the BME-MTA PROSPIN research group in Scientific Reports, identifies a new regime of spin relaxation, characterized by non-exponential behavior. The group also introduces an efficient numerical method, allowing to accurately predict spin-relaxation times even for materials possessing complicated spin-orbit interaction.
Alfred Zawadowski passed away
2017. August 08.
Alfred Zawadowski, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, professor emeritus at our Department of Theoretical Physics, and former director of the Institute of Physics, died on Saturday, August 5, at the age of 82.
Alfred Zawadowski, “Fred”, was a unique, globally known, and highly respected figure of the Hungarian physics community. He established the research and teaching activities of modern condensed-matter physics within Hungary. He initiated new research directions, and inspired and educated multiple generations of physicists toward their scientific career. He transformed our Institute into an internationally renown centre of physics research and education, conveying exceptional theoretical and experimental results along the directions he initiated. His achievements were honoured from the government and the academy by several awards and prizes.
The demise of Fred Zawadowski is a tragic loss for the Hungarian physics community, especially our Institute. Colleagues, students and friends all mourn his death.
