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Xu Mingran
Section
Graduate School of Science
Job title
Assistant Professor
e-Rad No.
31034118

Research History 6

  • 2026/04 - Present
    Tohoku University Graduate School of Science, Department of Physics Assistant Professor

  • 2025/10 - 2026/03
    The University of Tokyo Institute for Solid State Physics Postdoctoral Researcher

  • 2021/10 - 2025/09
    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Laboratory of Nanoscale Magnetic Materials and Magnonics Postdoctoral Researcher

  • 2019/04 - 2021/09
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JSPS Research Fellow (DC1)

  • 2016/09 - 2021/09
    RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Quantum Nano-Scale Magnetism Research Team Student Trainee

  • 2018/09 - 2019/04
    RIKEN International Program Associate (IPA)

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Education 3

  • The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Frontier Sciences Department of Advanced Materials Science, Doctoral Course

    2018/09 - 2021/09

  • The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Frontier Sciences Department of Advanced Materials Science, Master's Course

    2016/09 - 2018/08

  • Central South University Microelectronics Manufacturing Engineering

    2011/09 - 2015/06

Research Interests 6

  • Nonreciprocity

  • Nonlinear spin dynamics

  • Surface acoustic waves

  • 3D nanomagnetism

  • Magnon-phonon coupling

  • Magnonics

Awards 1

  1. ISSP Young Scientist Medal 2021

    2021 Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo

Papers 17

  1. Time-gating of coherent spin-wave echoes from edge reflections in micro-patterned YIG

    K. An, M. Xu, C. Dubs, D. Grundler

    Applied Physics Letters 2026/08/17

    DOI: 10.1063/5.0335911  

  2. Geometry-induced spin chirality in a non-chiral ferromagnet at zero field

    Mingran Xu, Axel J. M. Deenen, Huixin Guo, Pamela Morales-Fernández, Sebastian Wintz, Elina Zhakina, Markus Weigand, Claire Donnelly, Dirk Grundler

    Nature Nanotechnology 2026/01

    DOI: 10.1038/s41565-025-02055-3  

  3. Electrical detection of interfacial exchange field at the (ferromagnetic insulator) | (normal metal) interface using spin-dependent scattering

    Prasanta Kumar Muduli, Naëmi Leo, Mingran Xu, Zheng Zhu, Jorge Puebla, Christian Ortiz Pauyac, Hironari Isshiki, YoshiChika Otani

    Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 2025/07/14

    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/ade691  

  4. Deterministic switching of antiferromagnetic spin textures by nonlinear magnons

    Jilei Chen, Mingran Xu, Jinlong Wang, Kai Wagner, Lutong Sheng, Hao Jia, Weiwei Wei, Han Zhang, Yuelin Zhang, Hanchen Wang, Rundong Yuan, Mohammad Hamdi, Song Liu, Tingyong Chen, Patrick Maletinsky, Jean-Philippe Ansermet, Dapeng Yu, Dirk Grundler, Haiming Yu

    Nature Communications 2025/07/01

    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60883-2  

  5. Perspective on nonvolatile magnon-signal storage and in-memory computation for low-power consuming magnonics

    A. Nizet, M. Xu, S. S. Joglekar, A. Mucchietto, D. Grundler

    Applied Physics Letters 2025/04/21

    DOI: 10.1063/5.0260884  

  6. Emergent coherent modes in nonlinear magnonic waveguides detected at ultrahigh frequency resolution

    K. An, M. Xu, A. Mucchietto, C. Kim, K.-W. Moon, C. Hwang, D. Grundler

    Nature Communications 2024/08/24

    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51483-7  

  7. Generation of out-of-plane polarized spin current in (permalloy, Cu)/EuS interfaces

    Gupta, P., Chowdhury, N., Xu, M., Muduli, P.K., Kumar, A., Kondou, K., Otani, Y., Muduli, P.K.

    Physical Review B 109 (6) 2024/02/12

    DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.109.L060405  

    ISSN: 2469-9950 2469-9969

  8. Realization and Control of Bulk and Surface Modes in 3D Nanomagnonic Networks by Additive Manufacturing of Ferromagnets

    Guo, H., Deenen, A.J.M., Xu, M., Hamdi, M., Grundler, D.

    Advanced Materials 35 (39) 2023

    DOI: 10.1002/adma.202303292  

    ISSN: 0935-9648 1521-4095

  9. Interaction between surface acoustic waves and spin waves in a ferromagnetic thin film

    Yamamoto, K., Xu, M., Puebla, J., Otani, Y., Maekawa, S.

    Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 545 2022

    DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2021.168672  

    ISSN: 0304-8853

  10. Non-reciprocal pumping of surface acoustic waves by spin wave resonance

    Yamamoto, K., Yu, W., Yu, T., Puebla, J., Xu, M., Maekawa, S., Bauer, G.

    Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 89 (11) 113702-113702 2020/11/15

    Publisher: Physical Society of Japan

    DOI: 10.7566/JPSJ.89.113702  

    ISSN: 0031-9015 1347-4073

  11. Nonreciprocal surface acoustic wave propagation via magneto-rotation coupling

    Xu, M., Yamamoto, K., Puebla, J., Baumgaertl, K., Rana, B., Miura, K., Takahashi, H., Grundler, D., Maekawa, S., Otani, Y.

    Science Advances 6 (32) 2020/08/07

    DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abb1724  

    ISSN: 2375-2548

  12. Acoustic ferromagnetic resonance and spin pumping induced by surface acoustic waves

    Puebla, J., Xu, M., Rana, B., Yamamoto, K., Maekawa, S., Otani, Y.

    Journal of Physics D Applied Physics 53 (26) 264002-264002 2020/06/24

    Publisher: {IOP} Publishing

    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/ab7efe  

    ISSN: 0022-3727 1361-6463

  13. Enhancement of acoustic spin pumping by acoustic distributed Bragg reflector cavity

    Hwang, Y., Puebla, J., Xu, M., Lagarrigue, A., Kondou, K., Otani, Y.

    Applied Physics Letters 116 (25) 2020/06/22

    DOI: 10.1063/5.0011799  

    ISSN: 0003-6951

  14. Photoinduced Rashba Spin-to-Charge Conversion via an Interfacial Unoccupied State

    Jorge Puebla, Florent Auvray, Naoya Yamaguchi, Mingran Xu, Satria Zulkarnaen Bisri, Yoshihiro Iwasa, Fumiyuki Ishii, Yoshichika Otani

    Physical Review Letters 122 (25) 2019/06/24

    Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)

    DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.256401  

    ISSN: 0031-9007

    eISSN: 1079-7114

  15. Inverse Edelstein effect induced by magnon-phonon coupling

    Mingran Xu, Jorge Puebla, Florent Auvray, Bivas Rana, Kouta Kondou, Yoshichika Otani

    Physical Review B 97 (18) 2018/05/10

    Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)

    DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.97.180301  

    ISSN: 2469-9950

    eISSN: 2469-9969

  16. Spin accumulation at nonmagnetic interface induced by direct Rashba–Edelstein effect

    Florent Auvray, Jorge Puebla, Mingran Xu, Bivas Rana, Daisuke Hashizume, Yoshichika Otani

    Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 29 (18) 15664-15670 2018/04/26

    Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

    DOI: 10.1007/s10854-018-9162-5  

    ISSN: 0957-4522

    eISSN: 1573-482X

  17. Direct optical observation of spin accumulation at nonmagnetic metal/oxide interface

    Puebla, J., Auvray, F., Xu, M., Rana, B., Albouy, A., Tsai, H., Kondou, K., Tatara, G., Otani, Y.

    Applied Physics Letters 111 (9) 2017/08/28

    DOI: 10.1063/1.4990113  

    ISSN: 0003-6951

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Presentations 8

  1. Nonreciprocity in Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Magnetization Dynamics Invited

    Mingran Xu

    Germany-Tohoku Colloquium on Spintronics 2026/10/02

  2. Nonreciprocal Magnetoacoustic Attenuation Invited

    Mingran Xu

    ERATO-Tohoku University Joint Workshop, JST-ERATO Uchida Magnetic Thermal Management Materials Project 2026/09/25

  3. Nonreciprocity Reversal in Magnetoacoustic Resonance Invited

    Mingran Xu

    "Chimera Quasiparticles" Transformative Research Area (A) Area Meeting 2026/05/14

  4. Experimental investigation of nonreciprocity reversal of magnetoacoustic resonance in Permalloy-family alloy thin films

    Mingran Xu

    6th WUN International Conference on Spintronics and Spintronic Materials (WUN-SPIN 2026) 2026/05

  5. Spontaneous Magnetochiral Anisotropy in Twisted Magnetic Tubes Invited

    Mingran Xu

    Swiss Nanomagnetism Summit 2025 2025/09

  6. Nonreciprocal Spin Dynamics in Artificial Chiral Magnets Invited

    Mingran Xu

    6th International Workshop on Spintronic Memory and Logic 2024/10

  7. Brillouin Light Scattering Study of Nonreciprocal Spin Dynamics in Artificial Chiral Magnets Invited

    Mingran Xu

    14th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics (META 2024) 2024/07

  8. Nonreciprocity in Surface Acoustic Waves Driven Magnon-Phonon Coupling Invited

    Mingran Xu

    Spin Mechanics 7 2022/08

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Industrial Property Rights 1

  1. Non-contact acoustic rectification element, non-contact acoustic switching element, and acoustic device

    Mingran Xu, Yoshichika Otani, Jorge Luis, Puebla Nunez, Kota Kondou

    Property Type: Patent

Research Projects 2

  1. On-chip vector magnetic field sensor based on three-dimensional artificial magnetic crystals: three-dimensional field measurement at a single point

    Mingran Xu

    Offer Organization: Mitutoyo Association for Science and Technology (MAST)

    System: Research Grant

    Institution: Tohoku University

    2026 -

  2. Characterization of Coupling between Mechanical Angular Momentum and Electron Spin

    Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

    System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Category: Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

    Institution: The University of Tokyo

    2019/04/25 - 2022/03/31