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Thomas Saerbeck

►  instrument responsible on D17

Main areas of expertise :  magnetism and proximity effects in thin films and multilayers

E-mail

saerbeck(at)ill.eu
LocationScience Building | 3rd floor | 334

Phone

Phone : +33 (0)4 76 20 70 72

Instr. phone

+33 (0)4 76 20 70 77

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Managing access to Magnetism Platform @ CNRS Institute Néel for ILL staff

College 5C Secretary

Magnetism and proximity effects in thin films and multilayers

  • Multiferroic thin films and heterostructures, their magnetic properties and behaviour under external stimuli
  • Layer morphology and magnetic structure of thin film functional heterostrucures and lateral patterns
  • Magnetic proximity effects across interfaces in heterostructures of dissimilar materials 
  • Physical mechanisms of interlayer exchange coupling and magnetic order in thin film multilayers 
  • Polarised neutron reflectomtery and off-specular scattering of hard condensed matter systems for magnetism, materials science or applied studies

Education

PhD in Physics
07/2012

University of Western Australia (School of Physics)/

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (Bragg Institute)[Australia]

Diplom in Physics

(equiv. to Masters)
04/2008

Münster University

Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität [Germany]

Vordiplom in Physics (equiv. to Bachelors)
10/2004

Münster University

Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität [Germany]

 

Professional Experience

Visiting Professor (2017) at Department of Physics and Astronomy, KU Leuven;
Scientific host: Prof. Kristiaan Temst

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Instrument Responsible, Staff Scientist
Large Scale Structures Group,
Science Division

Institut Laue Langevin, Grenoble, France

Post-doctoral research fellow (2012-2014) Center for Advanced Nanoscience

Advisor: Prof. Ivan K. Schuller

University of California, San Diego (UCSD), USA

Visiting scientist (2012), The Bragg Institute

Software development and commissioning of polarized neutron data reduction framework

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Australia

PhD thesis (2012), School of Physics / The Bragg Institute,

Supervisors: Prof. R.L. Stamps / Dr. F. Klose

Investigation of magnetic thin film heterostructures using polarized neutron reflectometery and neutron diffraction

University of Western Australia / Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Australia

Diploma in Physics (2008),Surface Magnetism Group

Supervisor: Prof. M. Donath  
Construction and commissioning of an ultra-high vacuum, low energy, spin-polarized, electron source for use in inverse photoemission.

Münster University

Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität, Germany