Front Cover -- Solid State Physics -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter One: Using Ion-Beam-Assisted Deposition and Ion Implantation for the Rational Control of Nanomagnetism in Thin Fi ... -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Thin Film Fabrication, Implantation, and Characterization Methods -- 2.1. Dual Ion-Beam Sputtering Deposition Technique -- 2.2. High Energy Oxygen Ion-Beam Implantation -- 3. Characterization Methods -- 3.1. SQUID Magnetometry -- 3.2. XAS and XMCD -- 3.3. High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy and Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (HRTEM and EELS) -- 4. Model Systems -- 4.1. Nanostructured Fe/Cu Thin Films: In Situ Ar Bombardment During Deposition (Excerpts From Ref. [41]) -- 4.2. Exchange Biased NiFe/NiO Bilayers: Tuning the Interface Roughness With Low-Energy Ar Ion-Beam Bombardment (Excerpts ... -- 4.3. Tailoring Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy in [Co/Pt] Multilayers Coupled to NiO: A HRTEM/EELS Study (Excerpts From ... -- 4.4. High Energy Oxygen Ion-Beam Implantation -- 4.5. Modification Magnetic Properties Using Patterned Substrates: Antidots (Excerpts From Ref. [104]) -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter Two: Cavity Spintronics: An Early Review of Recent Progress in the Study of Magnon-Photon Level Repulsion -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theory of Magnon-Photon Level Repulsion -- 2.1. An Intuitive Model: The Harmonic Oscillator -- 2.1.1. Simplification of Transmission Spectra -- 2.1.2. CMP Eigenvectors and Energy Distribution -- 2.2. Phase Correlation: An Electrodynamic Approach -- 2.3. A Quantum Approach -- 2.4. The Quantum Hamiltonian -- 2.5. Input-Output Formalism -- 2.6. Summary and Comparison of Models -- 3. Experimental Observation of Magnon-Photon Level Repulsion -- 3.1. Measurement Techniques -- 3.1.1. Microwave Transmission and Reflection.

3.1.2. Electrical Detection -- 3.1.3. Brillouin Light Scattering -- 3.2. Signatures of Level Repulsion -- 3.2.1. Transmission and Voltage Spectra -- 3.2.2. Avoided Crossing and Line Width Evolution -- 3.2.3. Strong Coupling of Spin Waves -- 3.2.4. Antiresonance Behavior -- 3.2.5. Phase Analysis of Magnon Dark Modes -- 3.3. Controlling Hybridization -- 3.3.1. Control of Cavity Damping -- 3.3.2. Angular Control of Coupling Strength -- 3.3.3. Nonlocal Manipulation of Spin Current -- 4. Summary -- Appendices -- Appendix A. Simplification of Harmonic Oscillator Dispersion -- Appendix B. Simplification of Harmonic Oscillator Transmission Spectra -- Appendix C. Normal Modes of Harmonic Oscillator -- Appendix D. Details of Input-Output Formalism -- References -- Back Cover.