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#INTERMAG2026

Kerr Symposium & Wohlfarth Lecture

Kerr Anniversary Symposium

Thursday, 16 April

1:30 pm – 3:45 pm

This special symposium marks the 150th anniversary of the discovery of the magneto optical Kerr effect by John Kerr in Glasgow, Scotland. The 5 invited talks celebrate the phemonology of the effect, its microscopic origins, aplications to magnetometry and microscopy, and use as a time resolved probe, before considering potential future developments.

Speaker: Andreas Berger, CIC nanoGUNE, San Sebastian, Spain
Title: The magneto-optic Kerr effect: Reflections on 150 years of history, present usage and future developments

Speaker: Jaroslav Hamrle, Charles University and Czech Technical University in Prague
Title: Magneto-optical Kerr effect spectroscopy

Speaker: Rudolf Schaefer, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW) Dresden, Germany
Title: Magneto-Optical Microscopy and Magnetometry

Speaker: Carl Simon Davies, HFML-FELIX, Nijmegen, Gelderland, and Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Title: Multi-Scale Magnetization Dynamics Through the Lens of the Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect

Speaker: Claire Donnelly, Max Plank Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany
Title: The Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect: Looking to the future

In addition, there will be a competition for the best magneto optical Kerr effect (MOKE) image, with details of prizes to be announced. The deadline for submissions is 30 April 2026. Further information can be found at https://www.studentsinmagnetism.org/kerr150

Wohlfarth Lecture

Thursday, 16 April

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Spin-orbit torques for magnetisation control and nonequilibrium magnonics.

The Annual Wohlfarth Lecture recognises the outstanding contributions of Professor Peter Wohlfarth to the field of magnetism. It is jointly sponsored by the IoP Magnetism Group and the IEEE Magnetics Society UK & Ireland Magnetics Chapter, and promotes Professor Wohlfarth’s technical interests and his commitment to international scientific collaboration. The lecturer is selected in alternate years by the IoP Magnetism Group and the UK & Ireland Magnetics Chapter. This year, we are delighted to host the Wohlfarth Lecture at INTERMAG 2026, which seems particularly appropriate given Prof. Wohlfarth’s role as Local Chair of the first-ever Intermag conference held in the UK (Imperial College – 1975).

This year’s lecture will highlight how spin–orbit torques enable electrical control of magnetisation, with examples using spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance (ST-FMR) and recent results on dynamical stabilisation of magnetisation under continuous SOT drive (Kapitza-pendulum analogy), with an outlook toward nonequilibrium magnonics and emerging computing concepts.

Speaker: Hidekazu Kurebayashi, UCL / Tohoku University