Mamoru Matsuo 

Position

Associate Professor (2018 - present)

Research Interest

1. Spintronics phenomena emerging from non-Riemannian structures

2. Spin transport at the magnetic interface

Professional Experiences

2014-2018   Research Leader, Nuclear Spin Dynamics Research Group, ERATO Saitoh Spin Quantum Rectification Project, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan

2017-2018   Assistant Professor, Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Japan

2014–2017   Senior Scientist, Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency

2012–2014   Postdoctoral Fellow, Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency

2010–2012   Postdoctoral Fellow, Yukawa institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

2009–2010   Research Fellow, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University

2008–2009   Research Fellow, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Ibaraki, Japan

Education

March 2008   Ph.D. in Physics, The University of Tokyo, Japan

                      Thesis Topic: “Quantum kinetic theory of chiral condensed and meson excitations”

                      Advisor: Professor Tetsuo Matsui

March 2003   M.S. in Physics, The University of Tokyo, Japan

March 2001   B.A. in Physics, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Selected Publications

  Review articles

1. M. Matsuo, E. Saitoh, and S. Maekawa, “Spin-mechatronics”, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 86, 011011 (2017).
2. M. Matsuo, E. Saitoh, and S. Maekawa, “Spin-mechatroncs — Mechanical generation of spin current”, in S. Maekawa et al, eds. “Spin current 2nd edition” (Oxford University Press, 2017)

  Original articles

1. R. Takahashi, H. Chudo, M. Matsuo, K. Harii, Y. Ohnuma, S. Maekawa, and E. Saitoh, “Giant spin hydrodynamic generation in laminar flow”, Nature Communications 11, 3009 (2020).

2. Y. Kurimune, M. Matsuo, and Y. Nozaki, “Observation of gyromagnetic spinwave resonance in NiFe thin films”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 217205 (2020).

3. Y. Ominato, J. Fujimoto, and M. Matsuo, “Valley-dependent spin transport in monolayer transition-metal dichalcogenides”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 166803 (2020)

4. K. Hattori, M. Hongo, X.-G. Huang, M. Matsuo, and H. Taya, “Fate of spin polarization in a relativistic fluid: An entropy-current analysis”, Physics Letters B 795 (2019) 100-106.

5. K. Harii, Y.-J Seo, Y. Tsutsumi, H. Chudo, K. Oyanagi, M. Matsuo, Y. Shiomi, T. Ono, S. Maekawa, and E. Saitoh, “Spin Seebeck mechanical force”, Nature Communications 10, 2616 (2019)

6. G. Okano, M. Matsuo, Y. Ohnuma, S. Maekawa, and Y. Nozaki, “Nonreciprocal spin current generation in surface-oxidized copper films”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 217701 (2019) .

7. M. Matsuo, Y. Ohnuma, T. Kato, and S. Maekawa, “Spin current noise of the spin Seebeck effect and spin pumping” Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 037201 (2018).

8. Y. Ohnuma, M. Matsuo, and S. Maekawa, “Theory of the spin Peltier effect”, Phys. Rev. B 96, 134412 (2017).

9. D. Kobayashi, T. Yoshikawa, M. Matsuo, R. Iguchi, S. Maekawa, E. Saitoh, and Y. Nozaki, “Spin current generation using a surface acoustic wave generated via spin-rotation coupling”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 077202 (2017) (PRL Editors’ suggestion).

10. M. Matsuo, Y. Ohnuma, and S. Maekawa, “Theory of spin hydrodynamic generation”, Phys. Rev. B 96, 020401(R) (2017).

11. R. Takahashi, M. Matsuo, M. Ono, K. Harii, H. Chudo, S. Okayasu, J. Ieda, S. Takahashi, S. Maekawa, and E. Saitoh, “Spin hydrodynamic generation”, Nat. Phys. 12, 52 (2016).

12. M. Ono, H. Chudo, K. Harii, S. Okayasu, M. Matsuo, J. Ieda, R. Takahashi, S. Maekawa, and E. Saitoh, “Barnett effect in paramagnetic states”, Phys. Rev. B 92, 174424 (2015).

13. M. Matsuo, J. Ieda, K. Harii, E. Saitoh, and S. Maekawa, “Mechanical generation of spin current by spin-rotation coupling”, Phys. Rev. B 87, 180402 (R) (2013).

14. H. Chudo, M. Ono, K. Harii, M. Matsuo, J. Ieda, R. Haruki, S. Okayasu, S. Maekawa, H. Yasuoka, and E. Saitoh, “Observation of Barnett fields in solids by nuclear magnetic resonance” Applied Physics Express 7, 063004 (2014).

15. M. Matsuo, J. Ieda, E. Saitoh, and S. Maekawa, “Effects of mechanical rotation on spin currents”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 076601 (2011) (PRL Editors’ suggestion).

Contact

Email: mamoru@ucas.ac.cn

Address: Rm 411, Building A, Institute of Physics, CAS, Haidian Dist., Beijing