PhD Thesis Defense by Blai Casals on 15th September at 11:00 am

Title: "Magneto-optical spectroscopy and domain imaging of functional oxides"

Time: 11:00 am
Venue: Sala d'actes Carles Miravitlles

Abstract: We have investigated the physical properties of different systems based on functional transition metal oxides by the use of polarized light. These materials show a large variety of properties –magnetism, ferroelectricity, ferroelasticity–. The driving force of our study has been the understanding of the fundamental physical processes that explain a series of observed phenomena. In some cases, our interest has been to understand why a particular material shows an atypically large magneto optical activity; in other cases, why and how ferroelastic domains move under electric fields; finally, we have turned our attention to surface acoustic waves and their interaction with magnetic materials.

Supervisor: Gervasi Herranz Casabona, ICMAB

Tutor: Javier Rodríguez Viejo, UAB Dep. Física

PhD Committee: 

• President: Prof. Andrei I. Kirilyuk, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
• Secretary: Prof. Antonio García Martín, Instituto de Microelectrónica de Madrid (CSIC), Spain
• Vocal: Prof. John Martin Gregg, Queen’s University Belfast, UK