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Brian Collier: Dual Beam Modulated MOKE Setup and verification.
TSAPS Fall2020 presentation Lauren Henderson  

Magneto-Optical Properties of NiFe-oxide measured by dual beam modulated MOKE.

 

 

Brian Collier

Brian Collier

 

Texas State University at San Marcos, Department of Physics, RFM 3228, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX78666.

 

Brian Collier

 

I study the magneto-optical properties of sputtered NiFe-oxide thin films using a modulated dual beam MOKE setup. The beam reflected of the sample is split by a polarization sensitive beam splitter and the intensity of both beams is measured with two lock-in amplifiers.

Publications:
[1] Shankar Acharya, Brian Collier, Wilhelmus Geerts, “Dual Beam Modulated Magneto-Optical Measurement Setup”, Rev. Sc. Instrum. 90 (2019) 123001 (impact factor 1.48).

Presentations:
[1] Shankar Acharya, Brian Collier, Md. Abdul Ahad Talukder, Wilhelmus Geerts, “Dual Beam Modulated Magneto-Optical Measurement Setup”, poster presentation International Conference on Magnetism 2018, July 19, 2018, San Francisco.
[2] Shankar Acharya, Brian Collier, Abdul Ahad Talukder, Wilhelmus J. Geerts, “Dual Beam MOKE Detection to Suppress the Effect of Modulated Interference Effects in PEM”, Oral presentation 2018-TSAPS spring meeting at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, March 23 2018.
[3] Brian Collier, Wilhelmus Geerts, Ahad Talukder, James Nick Talbert, Aaron Medina, Andres Oliva, “Magneto-Optical Faraday Effect in NiO and NiFeO Thin Films”, presentation at the Fall-2017 meeting of the TSAPS, Dallas, October 20-21, 2017

 

Brian is a Support Applications Engineer with SunPower Corporation.