International Conference on Magnetism

Recently, the IEEE International Conference on Microwave Magnetics 2012 took place at TU Kaiserslautern. More than 120 scientists discussed physical and technological aspects of magnetic phenomena in the microwave frequency range. After two meetings in the U.S. (Fort Collins in 2008 and Boston in 2010), the ICMM was now coming to Europe for the first time. In more than 50 talks and about 60 poster presentations, physicists as well as engineers and chemists discussed their recent results. Professor Peter Grünberg, who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2007, also was among the conference participants. During a conference banquet Professor Genadii Melkov (Ukraine) was awarded the conference’s honorary award for his lifetime achievements.

The scientific focus of the conference was on fast magnetic processes, new magnetic materials and magnetic devices: Several scientists from TU Kaiserslautern are working in this area in the framework of the state research center OPTIMAS, which provided financial support for this conference.