Faculty
Caroline A. Ross
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Associate Head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering Toyota Professor of Materials Science and Engineering B.A., Cambridge University, U.K. 1985 Ph.D., Cambridge University, U.K., 1988 Room 13-4005, 77 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139 617-258-0223 (phone) 617-252-1020 (fax) |
Disciplines
Research
Prof. Ross' research is directed towards the magnetic properties of thin films and small structures, particularly for data storage and logic applications, and towards methods for creating nanoscale structures based on self-assembly and lithography. Current research on magnetic materials includes the synthesis and characterization of magnetic nanostructures for domain wall logic devices, the behavior of 360 degree domain walls, magnetic metallic particles formed by templated dewetting, magnetoelasticity, magnetic perovskites such as Fe- and Co-substituted strontium titanate, magnetooptical materials for integrated optical isolators, and self-assembled oxide nanocomposites. They also study the self-assembly of block copolymers and develop methods for templating self-assembly in order to form well-organized structures useful in nanoscale devices. Their Thin Film Laboratory includes a pulsed laser deposition system and an ultra-high vacuum sputter system, in addition to a range of magnetic, magnetooptical, and magnetoelectronic characterization equipment.
Selected Publications
"On-chip optical isolation in monolithically integrated nonreciprocal optical resonators," Lei Bi, Juejun Hu, Peng Jiang, Dong Hun Kim, Gerald F. Dionne, Lionel C. Kimerling and C. A. Ross, Nature Photonics (2011)
"Magnetoelastic effects in SrTi1−xMxO3 (M = Fe, Co, or Cr) epitaxial thin films," Dong Hun Kim, Lei Bi, Peng Jiang, Gerald F. Dionne, C.A. Ross, Phys. Rev. B 84 014416 (2011)
"AC and DC Current-Induced Motion of a 360˚ Domain Wall," M.D. Mascaro, C.A. Ross, Phys. Rev. B 82, 214411 (2010)
"Shape and Strain-induced magnetization reorientation and magnetic anisotropy in thin film CoCrPt/Ti rings and lines," D.A. Navas, C. Nam, D. Velazquez, C.A. Ross, Phys. Rev. B 81 224439 (2010) p1–11
"Complex self-assembled patterns using sparse commensurate templates with locally varying motifs," Joel K. W. Yang, Yeon Sik Jung, Jae-Byum Chang, Caroline A. Ross, and Karl K. Berggren, Nature Nanotechnology 5, 256–260 (2010)
"Graphoepitaxy of self-assembled block copolymers on 2D periodic patterned templates," Ion Bita, Joel K.W. Yang, Yeon Sik Jung, Caroline A. Ross, Edwin L. Thomas, Karl K. Berggren,Science 321 (5821) p939–943 (2008)
