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Multiferroic Thin Films Grown by MBE. Investigators: Siddhartha Ghosh Prime Grant Support: Office of Naval Research. Frequency tunable microwave devices Magnetoelectric thin films Multiferroism in multilayered heterostructures Advanced RADAR arrays for Navy Spintronics.
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Multiferroic Thin Films Grown by MBE Investigators: Siddhartha Ghosh Prime Grant Support: Office of Naval Research • Frequency tunable microwave devices • Magnetoelectricthin films • Multiferroismin multilayered heterostructures • Advanced RADAR arrays for Navy • Spintronics RF Plasma Assisted Oxide MBE System • RF Plasma assisted complex oxide epitaxial growth on oxide and semiconductor substrates • Alternate piezoelectric and magnetostrictive layers provide mechanical coupling between the ferroelectric and ferromagnetic thin films • Atomically smooth interfaces • First reported MBE growth of multiferroic layers by RF Plasma oxygen source • Research on controlling thin film interfaces is underway • Collaboration has been established with Argonne National Labs and Center for Nanoscale Materials • Discussion for collaboration with Naval Research Laboratory has been initiated