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Spin Quantum Properties Lab
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A lab that uses neutron scattering to study how spins move in solids.
AboutAbout the lab
Searching for new quantum phenomena from the motion of spins.
The Spin Quantum Properties Lab uses neutron scattering to study how spins move inside solids (spin dynamics).
Founded in April 2012, the lab aims to discover new quantum phenomena involving spins.
Its work includes analyzing magnetic structures, searching for topological spin textures, and studying the nonreciprocal propagation of magnons.
The lab's website presents it under the name "Taku Sato Lab."
Key terms
- Neutron scattering
- A method in which neutrons are directed at a material, and the way they bounce off is used to study the arrangement and motion of atoms and spins
- Spin
- A property of electrons that acts like a tiny magnet. Its direction and fluctuations determine the magnetic properties of a material
- Magnon
- A wave-like propagation of oscillations in the direction of spins. It is treated as a quasiparticle moving through a magnetic material
NewsLab news
Paper on the honeycomb-lattice antiferromagnet RuBr3 published
Associate Professor Kazuhiro Nawa received the Young Researcher Award of the An-Pang Tsai Prize from the Quasicrystal Research Group
Paper on the current status and prospects of the thermal neutron triple-axis spectrometer 4G-GPTAS published
Assistant Professor Katsuki Kinjo received the 40th Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists
ResearchResearch themes
This lab uses neutron scattering to study how spins move inside solids. Aiming to discover new quantum phenomena involving spins, it works on analyzing magnetic structures and searching for topological spin textures and magnetic quasiparticles.
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The members of the Spin Quantum Properties Lab consist of faculty, international researchers, researchers, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and administrative assistants.As of 2026
- ProfessorTaku Sato
- Associate ProfessorKazuhiro Nawa
- Assistant ProfessorKatsuki Kinjo
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