Presentations at conferences, workshops, colloquia
Please note that the author lists are typically multiple authors! But for space consideration - just the title and conference and dates are given. Thompson was the presenting author for any talks/posters listed on this page
Invited
Advanced Diffraction Techniques, UFFC Winter 2022 FerroSchool, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, December 2022.
X-ray Scattering Explorations of Growth, Polarization Switching, and Domain Formation in Thin Ferroelectric Epitaxial Films, Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, September 26, 2022.
In-situ x-ray studies of ferroelectric oxide thin films grown by MOCVD, Workshop on MOCVD, ALD, and Catalysis studies at the CHEX Sector, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Lab, Argonne, IL, June 2021.
Coherent x-ray study of memory effects in ferroelectric domain arrangements during switching, 19th US-Japan Seminar on Dielectric and Piezoelectric Ceramics, Tsukuba, Japan, November 2019.
Coherent X-ray Scattering Studies of Dynamic Crystal Surfaces, ND Energy, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, October 24, 2017.
In-situ x-ray studies of vapor phase crystal growth, Department of Physics, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, January 11, 2017.
In-situ x-ray characterizations of oxide and nitride epitaxial film growth (by MOVPE) or How to study film growth using the brightest storage-ring x-ray source in the western hemisphere, Department of Physics, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, September 27, 2013.
In Situ X-ray Studies of Epitaxial Growth by MOVPE, 17th International Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ICCGE17, also known as ICCGE-2013) Warsaw, Poland, August 2013. (http://science24.com/event/iccge17/G10.htm)
In Situ X-ray Studies of Reactive Synthesis of Metastable Materials, 15th European Workshop on Metalorganic Vapour Phase Epitaxy (EWOMVPE-2013), Aachen, Germany, June 2013. (http://www.jara.org/index.php?id=606)
In situ x-ray studies of oxide thin film growth behavior, Materials Synthesis by Design Workshop, Argonne, IL, May 21, 2013.
In Situ X-ray Studies of Reactive Synthesis of Metastable Materials, Symposium: Neutron and X-ray Studies of Advanced materials VI: Centennial and Beyond, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS 2013), San Antonio, TX, March, 2013. http://www.tms.org/meetings/annual-13/AM13home.aspx
In situ synchrotron x-ray studies during metal-organic chemical vapor deposition of semiconductors, DPG (Berlin 2012) Spring Meeting (German Physical Society) Berlin, Germany, March 2012.
Ferroelectrics at the ERL, Workshop 3: Ultra-fast Science with "Tickle and Probe", Science at the Hard X-ray Diffraction Limit 2011 (XDL 2011), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, June 2011.
Nanosecond piezoresponse measurements on thin epitaxial ferroelectric films at the Hard X-Ray Nanoprobe beamline, Symposium: Neutron and X-ray Studies of Advanced materials IV,The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS 2011), San Diego, CA, February, 2011.
Strain, charge, and surface effects on the polarization structure and dynamics in ultrathin ferroelectric films, 22nd International Symposium on Integrated Functionalities (ISIF 2010), San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 2010.
Time-resolved x-ray studies of materials processing at surfaces and interfaces - present and future, Symposium: Neutron and X-Ray Studies of Advanced Materials III, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society Annual Meeting (TMS 2010), Seattle, WA, February 2010.
Polarization switching in ultrathin ferroelectric film by changing the chemical environment, Symposium: Neutron and X-Ray Studies of Advanced Materials II, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society Annual Meeting (TMS 2009), San Francisco, CA, February 2009.
Studies of Fast Ferroelectric Domain Dynamics, Symposium: Recent Advances in Structural Characterization of Materials, Materials Science and Technology 2008 (MS+T2008), Pittburgh, PA, October 2008.
Real time studies of processing in the MOVPE environment, IBM Interconnect Seminar Series, IBM Yorktown Heights, NY, May 2008.
Real time studies of processing in the MOCVD environment, Symposium:New Experimental Techniques for Hard X-ray Studies of In-Situ Film Growth and Surface Processing, NSLS Users Meeting, Brookhaven, NY, May 2008
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Contributed (posters and talks)
In Situ Observations of Step Kinetics during OMVPE Growth of GaN, X-ray Science, Gordon Research Conference, Stonehill College, Easton, MA, July 2023.
In situ coherent x-ray studies of surface dynamics during OMVPE of GaN, 19th International Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ICCGE-19), Keystone, Colorado, July 2019. https://www.iccge19.org/ and http://www.crystalgrowth.org/AACGE-19.html
In situ pink-beam XPCS of surface dynamics during crystal growth, 15th International Surface X-ray and Neutron Scattering Conference (SXNS-15) Pohang, Korea, July 2018. http://www.sxns15.org
Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations and in-situ x-ray studies of GaN Vapor Phase Epitaxy, 18th International Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ICCGE-18), Nagoya, Japan, August, 2016.
New Directions in in-situ x-ray studies of vapor phase crystal growth, 18th International Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ICCGE-18), Nagoya, Japan, August, 2016.
Fundamental Studies of GaN MOVPE on Various Crystal Orientations, 18th International Conference on MOVPE (ICMOVPE-18), San Diego, CA, July 2016.
Anisotropic Island Nucleation and Growth During OMVPE of m-plane GaN, ACCGE-20/OMVPE-17, Big Sky, MT, August 2015. http://www.crystalgrowth.org/ACCGE-20-OMVPE-17
Real-Time X-ray Studies of Crystal Growth Modes During Metal-Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy of GaN on m- and c-Plane Single Crystals, Compound Semiconductor Week, [42nd International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors and 27th International Conference on Indium Phosphide and Related Materials], Santa Barbara, CA, July 2015 http://csw2015.ece.ucsb.edu/