Sensors · 2024 · First author
Extended-field-range PHE sensors
Extended the usable field range of elliptical planar Hall effect sensors for increased industrial applicability — published in Sensors and selected as an Editors’ Choice article.
PhD Student · Experimental Condensed Matter & Spintronics
Daniel Lahav
I study planar Hall effect magnetic sensors, magnetic anisotropy in patterned ferromagnetic thin films, and spintronic devices on flexible substrates — at Bar-Ilan University, in the group of Prof. Lior Klein.
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Peer-reviewed publications
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Conference talks
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Conference posters
Academic profile
Experimental condensed matter physics with sensor-relevant spintronics.
Daniel Lahav is a PhD student in the Department of Physics and the Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (BINA) at Bar-Ilan University, working in the group of Prof. Lior Klein. His thesis, Flexible Spintronics Under Strain, examines how mechanical strain reshapes magnetic anisotropy, anisotropic magnetoresistance, and spin–orbit effects in thin-film devices fabricated on flexible substrates.
Alongside his research he operates the sputtering, lithography, and dicing systems at Bar-Ilan’s nano-fabrication center, where he fabricates the devices he studies — and he builds much of his own tooling, from low-noise measurement electronics to micromagnetic-simulation and magneto-optical imaging software.
Research
Recent work spanning magnetic sensing, anisotropy physics, and flexible devices.
PhD thesis
Flexible spintronics under strain
Spintronic heterostructures on flexible substrates, using strain as a knob: how bending and stretching modify magnetic anisotropy, magnetoresistance, and spin–orbit torques, toward multifunctional sensors that measure magnetic field and strain at once.
APL · 2023
Sub-200 pT flexible sensors
Co-authored an Applied Physics Letters study demonstrating a flexible planar Hall effect sensor with sub-200 picotesla resolution, covered by EurekAlert, The Jerusalem Post, and AZO Sensors.
Publications
Peer-reviewed journal publications.
Magnetic source detection using an array of planar Hall effect sensors and machine learning algorithms
Planar Hall effect magnetic sensors with extended field range
Flexible planar Hall effect sensor with sub-200 pT resolution
Additional manuscripts are currently under review and in preparation.
Experience
Research, fabrication, and teaching roles.
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2024 – PresentPhD Researcher, Klein Group, Bar-Ilan UniversityPlanar Hall effect magnetometry and flexible spintronics under strain: device fabrication, angular magnetotransport and noise measurements, MOKE microscopy, and MuMax3 micromagnetic simulations.
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2023 – PresentNano-Fabrication Center Operator, Bar-Ilan UniversityOperates sputtering, lithography, and dicing systems; thin-film deposition and device fabrication for research users, and AFM measurements in the MIXA characterization unit.
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2022 – PresentTeaching Assistant, Bar-Ilan UniversityUndergraduate laboratories: Electronics Lab, Computerized Physics Lab, General Physics Lab, and Preparatory Physics Lab, with tutoring in Electronics for Physicists.
Education & recognition
Trained in physics at Bar-Ilan University.
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2024 – PresentPh.D. Physics, Bar-Ilan UniversityThesis: Flexible Spintronics Under Strain · Advisor: Prof. Lior Klein. President’s Scholarship for Outstanding Doctoral Fellows (2024–2025); Excel@BINA Scholarships for Outstanding Students (2024–2025, 2025–2026); KLA Scholarship for Outstanding Students (2026).
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2022 – 2024M.Sc. Physics, Bar-Ilan UniversityMagna cum laude · Thesis: Flexible Planar Hall Effect Sensors Under Strain.
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2019 – 2022B.Sc. Physics, Bar-Ilan University
Conferences & service
Scholarly activity beyond journal publications.
Conference talks
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Multifunctional High-Resolution Flexible Elliptical Planar Hall Effect Sensors for Magnetometry and Strain SensingXV European Magnetic Sensors and Actuators Conference (EMSA), 2026 · MMM 2026 (accepted)
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Flexible Spintronics Under StrainKLA-BINA Outstanding Students Seminar, Bar-Ilan University, 2026
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Multi-Functional Flexible Planar Hall Effect Sensors2025 Joint MMM-Intermag Conference · 2025 BINA Conference, Bar-Ilan University
Conference posters
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Expanding the Field Range of PHE Sensors for Increased Industrial Applicability2025 Joint MMM-Intermag · iSIM 2025 · 2025 BINA Conference
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Multi-Functional Flexible Planar Hall Effect SensorsInternational Symposium on Integrated Magnetics (iSIM) 2025
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Planar Hall Effect Magnetic Sensors with Extended Field Range69th Annual Meeting of the Israel Physical Society, 2024
Teaching & service
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Teaching assistant for undergraduate physics laboratoriesBar-Ilan University · 2022 – Present
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Student representative, Physics DepartmentBIU Student Association · 2023 – Present
Profiles
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Citations, h-index, and the full publication record
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Verified researcher identity and works
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Working on magnetic sensing or flexible devices?
I’m glad to talk about research, collaborations, and measurement.