Relaxation mechanisms and defect incorporation in epitaxial films
Time-resolved studies in structural and lattice response in thin films
Coherent x-ray scattering methods applied to the study of crystal growth
Professor Emerita Carol Thompson profcthompson@niu.edu
Department of Physics, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115 USA
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In Situ Microbeam Surface X-ray Scattering Reveals Alternating Step Kinetics During Crystal Growth, G. Ju, D. Xu, Carol Thompson, M. J. Highland, J. A. Eastman, W. Walkosz, P. Zapol, G. B. Stephenson, Nature Communications 12, 1721 (2021). doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21927-5
Crystal truncation rods from miscut surfaces with alternating terminations, .G Ju, D. Xu, Carol Thompson, M. J. Highland, J. A. Eastman, W. Walkosz, P. Zapol, G. B. Stephenson, Phys. Rev. B 103 (2021), 125402. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.103.125402
Coherent X-ray spectroscopy reveals the persistence of island arrangements during layer-by-layer growth, G. Ju, D. Xu, M. J. Highland, Carol Thompson, H. Zhou, J. A. Eastman, P. H. Fuoss, P. Zapol, H. Kim, G. Brian Stephenson, Nature Physics 15 (2019), 589. doi:10.1038/s41567-019-0448-1
Island dynamics and anisotropy during vapor phase epitaxy of m-plane GaN, E. Perret, D. Xu, M. J. Highland, G. B. Stephenson, P. Zapol, P. H. Fuoss, A. Munkholm, and Carol Thompson, Applied Physics Letters 111, 232102 (2017). doi:10.1063/1.4993788
Equilibrium Polarization of Ultrathin PbTiO3 with Surface Compensation Controlled by Oxygen Partial Pressure, M. J. Highland, T. .T Fister, D. D. Fong, P. H. Fuoss, Carol Thompson, J. A. Eastman, S. K. Streiffer, and G. B. Stephenson, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107 (2011) 187602.
Polarization switching without domain formation at the intrinsic coercivefield in ultrathin ferroelectric PbTiO3, M. J. Highland, T. T. Fister, M.-I. Richard, D. D. Fong, P. H. Fuoss, Carol Thompson, J. A. Eastman, S. K. Streiffer, and G. B. Stephenson, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105 (2010) 16701.
Reversible chemical switching of a ferroelectric film, R. V. Wang, D. D. Fong, F. Jiang, M. J. Highland, P. H. Fuoss, Carol Thompson, A. M. Kolpak, J. A. Eastman, S. K. Streiffer, A. M. Rappe, and G. B. Stephenson, Phys Rev. Lett. 102, (2009) 047601.
Imaging and alignment of nanoscale 180o stripe domains in ferroelectric thin films, Carol Thompson, D. D. Fong, R. -V. Wang, F. Jiang, S. K. Streiffer, K. Latifi, J. A. Eastman, P. H. Fuoss, and G. B. Stephenson, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93 (2008) 182901.
Stabilization of monodomain polarization in ultrathin PbTiO3 films, D. D. Fong, A. K. Kolpak, J. A. Eastman, S. K. Streiffer, P. H. Fuoss, G. B. Stephenson, Carol Thompson, D. M. Kim, K. J. Choi, C. B. Eom, I. Grinberg, A. M. Rappe, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 (2006) 127601.
Ferroelectricity in ultrathin perovskite films, D. D. Fong, G. B. Stephenson, S. K. Streiffer, J. A. Eastman, O. Auciello, P. H. Fuoss, Carol Thompson, Science 304 (2004) 1650.
Observation of nanoscale 180o stripe domains in ferroelectric PbTiO3 thin films, S. K. Streiffer, J. A. Eastman, D. D. Fong, Carol Thompson, A. Munkholm, M. V. Ramana Murty, O. Auciello, G. R. Bai, and G. B. Stephenson, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89 (2002) 067601.
Observation of the polarization of domains in ferroelectric thin films using x-ray interference, Carol Thompson, Christopher M. Foster, Jeffrey A. Eastman, and G. Brian Stephenson, Appl. Phys. Lett. 71 (1997) 3516.
X-ray reflectivity study of the growth kinetics of vapor-deposited silver films, Carol Thompson, G. Palasantzas, Y. P. Feng, S. K. Sinha, and J. Krim, Phys. Rev. B 49 (1994) 4902.
X-ray reflectivity and adsorption isotherm study of fractal scaling in vapor-deposited films, R. Chiarello, V. Panella, J. Krim, and Carol Thompson, Phys. Rev. Lett. 67 (1991) 3408.