Profile

Career

BSc, PhD (Durham),CPhys, MInstP

Summary of expertise

• Magnetic thin films and multilayers
• Spin-dependent transport
• Spintronics
• Remote sensing of magnetoresistance
  
• Infra red spectroscopy of magnetic thin films and multi-layers

Departmental roles

Research

Overview

• Magnetic Thin Films
  

Supervision

• Mr Andrew Vick
• Mr James Naughton

Publications

Full publications list

2008

R. T. Mennicke, J. A. D. Matthew, and S. M. Thompson
Non-Contact Infrared Laser Sensing of Magnetoresistance
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 79, 023901 (2008) (6 pages)

2007

SM STIRK, SM THOMPSON, JAD MATTHEW AND AF LEE
Remote two-dimensional imaging of giant magnetoresistance with spatial resolution of 30 mm
J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 316 E953-E956 (2007) (4 pages)

T STANTON, T DEAKIN, M VOPSAROIU, VG ARTYUSHENKO AND SM THOMPSON
A portable technique for the contactless measurement of magnetoresistance using infrared fiber optics
IEEE Trans. Magn. 43 2767-2769 (2007) (3 pages)

2006

SM THOMPSON, DI PUGH, D. LORAINE, CL DENNIS, JF GREGG, C. SIRISATHIKUL AND W. ALLEN
Silicon-based Spin Electronic Devices: Towards a Silicon Spin Transistor
In “Spintronic Materials and Technology” eds. YB XU AND SM THOMPSON Taylor and Francis, ISBN 0-8493-9299-3 (2006)

YB XU AND SM THOMPSON (EDITORS)
“Spintronic Materials and Technology” Taylor and Francis, ISBN 0-8493-9299-3 (2006) C. L. DENNIS, J. F. GREGG, G. J. ENSELL, AND S. M. THOMPSON.
Evidence for electrical spin tunnel injection into silicon.
J. Appl. Phys 100(4), 043717, August 2006).

R. T. MENNICKE, D. BOZEC, V. G. KRAVETS, M. VOPSAROIU, J. A. D. MATTHEW, AND S. M. THOMPSON.
Modelling the magneto refractive effect in giant magnetoresistive granular and layered materials.
J. Magnetism Magnetic Materials 303(1), 92-110, August 2006).

R. T. MENNICKE, J. A. D. MATTHEW, AND S. M. THOMPSON.
Correlation of giant magnetoresistance with infrared magnetorefractive spectra.
IEEE TRANS. MAGN. 42(10), 2627-2629, October 2006).

S. M. STIRK, S. M. THOMPSON, R. T. MENNICKE, J. A. D. MATTHEW, AND A. F. LEE.
Remote two-dimensional imaging of giant magnetoresistance with spatial resolution.
Applied Phys. Lett. 88, 022502 (2006).

S. M. STIRK, A. J. VICK, S. M. THOMPSON, J. A. D. MATTHEW, AND A. F. LEE.
Remote two-dimensional imaging of giant magnetoresistance in a synthetic spin valve with spatial resolution.
J. Appl. Phys. 99(8), 08T101, April 2006).

2005

C. L. DENNIS, S. M. THOMPSON, and others (7).
Tunnel barrier fabrication on Si and its impact on a spin transistor.
J. Magnetism Magnetic Materials 290, 1383-1386 (2005).

C. L. DENNIS, C. V. TIUSAN, J. F. GREGG, G. J. ENSELL, AND S. M. THOMPSON.
Silicon spin diffusion transistor, materials, physics and device characteristics.
Iee Proceedings-Circuits Devices Systems 152, 340-354 (2005).

Y. X. LU, E. AHMAD, Y. B. XU, AND S. M. THOMPSON.
Annealing-induced Fe oxide nanostructures on GaAs.
IEEE Trans. On Magnetics 41, 3328-3330 (2005).

Y. X. LU, S. M. THOMPSON, and others (7).
XPS and XMCD study of Fe3O4/GaAs interface.
IEEE Trans. On Magnetics 41, 2808-2810 (2005).

Y. X. LU, S. M. THOMPSON, J. A. D. MATTHEW, and others (9).
Hybrid Fe3O4/GaAs(100) structure for spintronics.
J. Appl. Phys. 97, 10C313 (2005).

S. M. STIRK, S. M. THOMPSON, AND J. A. D. MATTHEW.
Emissivity - a remote sensor of giant magnetoresistance.
Applied Phys. Lett. 86, 102505 (2005).

2004

Y. X. LU, J. S. CLAYDON, Y. B. XU, D. M. SCHOFIELD, AND S. M. THOMPSON.
Magnetic properties of ultrathin Fe3O4 on GaAs(100).
J. Appl. Phys. 95, 7228-7230 (2004).

Y. X. LU, J. S. CLAYDON, Y. B. XU, S. M. THOMPSON, K. WILSON, AND G. VANDERLAAN.
Epitaxial growth and magnetic properties of half-metallic Fe3O4 on GaAs(100).
Phys. Rev. B 70, 233304 (2004). [ external link ]

R. F. C. MARQUES, J. A. D. MATTHEW, S. M. THOMPSON, and others (7).
Contactless measurement of colossal magnetoresistance in La1-xSrxMnO3 using the infrared magnetorefractive effect.
J. Magnetism Magnetic Materials 272-76, 1740-1741 (2004).

M. VOPSAROIU, D. BOZEC, J. A. D. MATTHEW, S. M. THOMPSON, C. H. MARROWS, AND M. PEREZ.
Contactless magnetoresistance studies of Co/Cu multilayers using the infrared magnetorefractive effect.
Phys. Rev. B 70, 214423 (2004). [ external link ]

M. VOPSAROIU, J. A. D. MATTHEW, AND S. M. THOMPSON.
A new experimental design for noncontact giant magnetoresistance measurements using the magnetorefractive effect.
Rev. Scientific Instruments 75, 3127-3130 (2004).

2003

R. J. BAXTER, D. G. PETTIFOR, E. Y. TSYMBAL, D. BOZEC, J. A. D. MATTHEW, AND S. M. THOMPSON.
Importance of the interband contribution to the magneto- refractive effect in Co/Cu multilayers.
J. Phys.-Condensed Matter 15, L695-L702 (2003).

C. L. DENNIS, C. SIRISATHITKUL, G. J. ENSELL, J. F. GREGG, AND S. M. THOMPSON.
High current gain silicon-based spin transistor.
J. Phys. D-Applied Physics 36, 81-87 (2003).

J. F. GREGG, S. M. THOMPSON, and others (7).
Spin injection efficiency in spin electronic devices.
J. Magnetism Magnetic Materials 265, 274-289 (2003).

T. P. A. HASE, E. M. HO, J. J. FREIJO, S. M. THOMPSON, A. K. PETFORD-LONG, AND B. K. TANNER.
Comparison of interface structure of thin miscible films by grazing incidence x-ray scattering and high-resolution electron microscopy.
J. Phys. D-Applied Physics 36, A231-A235 (2003).

J. J. MALLETT, E. DUDZIK, W. SCHWARZACHER, S. M. THOMPSON, H. K. TSANG, AND G. VANDERLAAN.
Photovoltage detection of x-ray absorption and magnetic circular dichroism spectra of magnetic films grown on semiconductors.
J. Appl. Phys. 93, 2028-2033 (2003).

S. M. THOMPSON.
Remote observation strategies for usability testing.
Information Technology Libraries 22, 22-31 (2003).

M. VOPSAROIU, J. A. D. MATTHEW, K. A. MCNEILL, AND S. M. THOMPSON.
Noncontact GMR measurements of synthetic spin valves using IR reflection spectroscopy.
IEEE Trans. On Magnetics 39, 2830-2832 (2003).

2002

R. P. BORGES, S. M. THOMPSON, and others (8).
Comparative study of spin injection into metals and semiconductors.
J. Phys. D-Applied Physics 35, 186-191 (2002).

D. BOZEC, V. G. KRAVETS, J. A. D. MATTHEW, S. M. THOMPSON, AND A. F. KRAVETS.
Infrared reflectance and magnetorefractive effects in metal-insulator CoFe-Al2O3 granular films.
J. Appl. Phys. 91, 8795-8797 (2002).

V. G. KRAVETS, D. BOZEC, J. A. D. MATTHEW, AND S. M. THOMPSON.
Calculation of the magnetorefractive effect in giant magnetoresistive granular films.
J. Appl. Phys. 91, 8587-8589 (2002).

V. G. KRAVETS, J. A. D. MATTHEW, S. M. THOMPSON, and others (7).
Correlation between the magnetorefractive effect, giant magneto resistance, and optical properties of Co-Ag granular magnetic films.
Phys. Rev. B 65, 054415 (2002). [ external link ]

C. VERDES, B. RUIZ-DIAZ, S. M. THOMPSON, R. W. CHANTRELL, AND A. STANCU.
Computational model of the magnetic and transport properties of interacting fine particles.
Phys. Rev. B 65, 174417 (2002). [ external link ]

2001

C. G. VERDES, B. RUIZ-DIAZ, S. M. THOMPSON, R. W. CHANTRELL, AND A. STANCU.
Model of ferromagnetic resonance in granular magnetic solids.
J. Appl. Phys. 89, 7475-7477 (2001).