Bozhko Research Group

Research Methods

Experimental techniques

  • Brillouin Light Scattering (BLS) spectroscopy
    • 2D wavevector resolution (up to 23rad/μm range, 0.2rad/μm resolution)
    • Space resolution (20μm conventional and 400nm microfocused)
    • Time resolution (1ns)
    • Magnetic fields sweep (up to 0.3T in conventional and 1T in microfocused setup)
  • Broadband Ferromagnetic Resonance (FMR) spectroscopy
    • Frequencies up to 110GHz
    • Temperature range 30-300K
  • Magnetooptical Kerr Effect (MOKE) magnetometry
    • Longitudinal and polar geometries
    • Magnetic fields up to 2T
  • SQUID magnetometery
    • Quantum Design MPMS XL system
    • Temperature range 2-400K
    • Magnetic fields up to 5T
    • DC and RSO options
  • Microwave technology
    • Direct arbitrary signal generation up to 20GHz
    • Maximal microwave power: up to 6W (2-8GHz), 40W (13-16GHz), 1W (2-26GHz)
    • Available signal sources up to 110GHz
    • Spectrum analysis up to 50GHz
    • Time domain analysis up to 500MHz in real time, >6GHz sampling
  • 3D Printing
    • Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) – 0.3mm resolution
    • Stereolithography (SLA) – below 0.05mm resolution
  • Optical and e-Beam lithography
    • 2μm optical resolution
    • 40nm e-Beam resolution

Simulation/Modelling

  • Micromagnetic simulation (Mumax3, Magnum.np)
  • Microwave circuit simulation (AWR Design Environment)