The proposed idea has a great potential to pave the way for break-through Technologies.

I fully support the proposed idea for the exciting future perspectives it can open in the field of nanophotonics and nanomagnetism.

I support the very intriguing idea to realise new photonics devices

I fully support the idea of magneto-photonics and magneto-plasmonics. A brilliant project in order to develop a clear strategy of controlling the response of magneto-photonic(-plasmonic) crystals.

This is not only an exciting emerging area in its own right, but promises much in terms of hybrid experiments and technologies which capitalise on the synergies between different established areas of condensed matter physics.

The quite recently discovered interaction of magnetism and light in the form of all-optical switching is intriguing, for future ultrafast data storage applications as well as for basic research.

Combining the speed of photons with spin magnetism in devices is a novel approach that has great potential for development of currently non-existing devices and functionalities.

Previously ultra-fast spin dynamics was thought to be interesting but not useful for controlled spin manipulation in applications. Magneto-photonics has now opened the field to controlled optical switching using ultimately short excitations.

I strongly support the idea of developing synergies between spintronics and photonics. In this context, spin-optical pumping and emission of circularly polarized light in semiconductors are well known idea which need now to be translated into practical devices. European researchers have a leading position in this area.

The interaction of light with magnetic matter is still far from understood and is consequently under-exploited. I should point out that Seagate are developing heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) within their European facility. The technology that will be developed for HAMR will enable new developments beyond data storage. It seems very appropriate these other areas should also be developed within Europe. In fact future generations of HAMR will require radically new ideas such as consideration of quantum thermodynamic effects within open systems. We need to work on these seemingly futuristic problems now in order to support European manufacturing in future.

Good! This is the way of optoelectronics and usual electronics combination.

The proposal is quite timely. One of the problems for the future development of ICT is the possibility to address nanosize logic units with low energy dissipation. This goal can be achieved by using light to read and write on molecular nanomagnets, for example, or through the other approaches suggested.

Great field for further studies. Magnetic nano-optics has been demonstrated during the latest decade. Magnetism introduces into photonic devices a new degree of controllability. Moreover, due to the memory effect of magnetic systems one can realize reconfigurable magneto-photonic devices, important for logic, computing and signal processing.

Very interesting idea - clearly an excellent direction for the future.

This is a very good idea, and direction to pursue !

Linking magnonics with photonics is one of the grand challenges we need to solve for further improving cutting edge data processing devices.