Experimental Condensed Matter Physics Lab (SCI 250)

News:

• • Two graduate students Karl Muster and Rob Eimerl, published their thesis research.

K. S. Muster and R. Heindl, Determination of demagnetizing factors using first-order reversal curves and ferromagnetic resonance, AIP Advances 10, 015318 (2020)

R. G. Eimerl, K. S. Muster, and R. Heindl, Micromagnetic simulations of first-order reversal curves in nanowire arrays using MuMax3, AIP Advances 9, 125130 (2019)

• • Sept 2018. Our lab has been awarded an NSF MRI grant for purchase of PPMS VersaLab (Award #1827433)

Current projects:

• Electrodeposited magnetic nanostructures

• MgO magnetic tunnel junctions

• Synthetic antiferromagnets

• Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in ultrathin magnetic films

Students:

• • Graduate students: Alexander Cabot, Ajith Kosireddy

• Undergraduate students:

  • Past students:

    • Karl Muster, Robert Eimerl, Eric Freda, Micheal Pilling, Robert Norris, Justin Slater, Elena Fader, Alex Vargas, Vincent Tran

Laboratory equipment:

• Broadband ferromagnetic resonance spectrometer, 0.1-40 GHz (VNA-FMR)

• Vibrating sample magnetometer

• Thermal evaporator

• Electrodeposition setup, fume hood.

  • External facilities: X-ray diffraction system, scanning electron microscope

Lab information for students (internal only)

• Lab 250