Jilei Chen is currently an associate researcher at the Institute of Quantum Science and Engineering of Southern University of Science and Technology. He obtained his bachelor degree and PhD degree in Beihang University, China, and he served as a visiting scholar at EPFL, Switzerland. He has published more than 20 high-level SCI papers as the first author or corresponding author, including one in Nat. Nanotechnol. (Cover article), two in Nat. Commun., one in Phys. Rev. X three in Phys. Rev. Lett., two in ACS Nano, one in Appl. Phys. Rev., one in Nano Lett. and one in Adv. Funct. Mater. Two of his papers are selected as the ESI high impact papers. He is the reviewer of many international journals such as the Physical Review series and the Advanced Materials series.

Research Interest 

Spin waves, Microwave magnetics, Hybrid quantum magnonics, Moiré magnonics, Micromagnetic simulations, Magnetic skyrmions

Education Background

2016.09-2020.12  Beihang University  Physical electronics    PhD

2018.11-2019.11  EPFL   Material science and engineering   visiting scholar

2015.09-2016.07  Beihang University  Microelectronics      Master

2011.09-2015.07  Beihang University  Ecole central de Pékin  Bachelor

Working Experience

2023.06- present Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology    associate researcher

2021.02- 2023.06 Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology    assistant researcher

Papers and Patents

Selected pubilications:

1. J. Chen, C. Liu, T. Liu, Y. Xiao, K. Xia, et al. Strong interlayer magnon-magnon coupling in magnetic metal-insulator hybrid Nanostructures. Physical Review Letters, 120, 207206 (2018).

2. H. Wang, J. Chen (co-first author), T. Liu, J. Zhang, K. Baumgaertl, et al. Chiral Spin-Wave Velocities Induced by All-Garnet Interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction in Ultrathin Yttrium Iron Garnet Films. Physical Review Letters, 124, 027203 (2020).

3. L. Sheng, M. Elyasi, J. Chen (co-first author), W. He, Y. Wang et al. Nonlocal detection of interlayer three-magnon coupling. Physical Review Letters, 130, 046701 (2023).

4. C. Liu, S. Wu, J. Zhang, J. Chen (co-first author), J. Ding, et al. Current-controlled propagation of spin waves in antiparallel, coupled domains. Nature Nanotechnology, 14, 691–697 (2019). (Cover article)

5. C. Liu, J. Chen (co-first author), T. Liu, F. Heimbach, H. Yu*, et al. Long-distance propagation of short-wavelength spin waves. Nature Communications, 9, 738 (2018).

6. J. Zhang, M. Chen, J. Chen (co-first author), K. Yamamoto, H. Wang et al. Long decay length of magnon-polarons in BiFeO3/La0. 67Sr0. 33MnO3 heterostructures. Nature Communications, 12, 7258 (2021).

6. Y. Zhang, J. Chen*, J. Zhang*, H. Yu*. Oxide magnonics: Spin waves in functional magnetic oxides. Applied Physics Reviews, 9, 041312 (2022).

7. J. Chen, H. Wang, T. Hula, C. Liu, S. Liu, et al. Reconfigurable spin-wave interferometer at the nanoscale. Nano Letters, 21, 6237 (2021).

8. J. Chen, J. Hu and H. Yu*. Chiral Emission of Exchange Spin Waves by Magnetic Skyrmions. ACS Nano, 15, 4372 (2021).

9. H. Yu, J. Chen (co-first author), V. Cros, P. Bortolotti, H. Wang, et al. Active ferromagnetic metasurface with topologically protected spin texture for spectral filters. Advanced Functional Materials, 32, 2203466 (2022).

10. J. Chen, K. Yamamoto, J. Zhang, et al. Hybridized Propagation of Spin Waves and Surface Acoustic Waves in a Multiferroic-Ferromagnetic Heterostructure. Physical Review Applied, 19, 024046 (2023).