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Physics of thin films, surfaces and interfaces

Language of instruction čeština
Code 717-9033
Abbreviation FTV
Course title Physics of thin films, surfaces and interfaces
Coordinating department Department of Physics
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Ondřej Životský, Ph.D.

Anotace

Optics of thin films and surfaces

• electromagnetic theory of light propagating, effects at interface

• matrix description of layered media, anisotropic and magnetooptic films

• partial coherence, thick films

Magnetic thin films

• magnetic anisotropy, hysteresis loop

• magnetic domains and magnetization reversal

• perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, exchange interactions, surface magnetism

• spin transport, GMR, AMR

• magnetic and magnetooptical recording

• thin-film magnetic sensors

Povinná literatura

M. Ohring, The materials science of thin films, Academic Press 1992.
H. A. Macleod, Thin-film optical filters, 2nd ed. Bristol, 1986
P. Yeh, Optical waves in layered media, Willey, New York 1988
R. M. A. Azzam, N. M. Bashara, Ellipsometry and polarized light, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1977.
J.A. Ogilvy, Theory of wave scattering from rough surfaces, Adam Hilger, 1991.
B. D. Cullity, Introduction to magnetic materials, Addison-Wesley, London.
J.A.C. Bland and B. Heinrich (Eds.), Ultrathin magnetic structures I-IV, Springer 2005.

Doporučená literatura

Papers in scientific journals