Welcome to the Fadley Group Website
Department of Physics, University of California Davis
and
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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--Some Group Projects and Activities:
Standing waves and buried interfaces
Standing wave spectromicroscopy
(scales in microns)
Spectroscopy of strongly correlated spintronic materials
Ultra-Low Temperature Sample Goniometer
The ULTG design, construction, and assembly team, with first experiments in July-August, 2007: From left--Bottom row: John Thomson (UC Davis Shop), Marco Malvestuto (Elettra), Mike Press (LBNL), Mark West (LBNL), Chuck, David Hemer (UC Davis Machine Shop); Top row: Lukasz Plucinski (Julich Research Center), Iulian Preda (Autonomous University of Madrid), and Brian Sell (UC Davis Physics, now Otterbein College)
Ultra-high speed detection: writeup and papers
(plus more technical details at: http://www-eng.lbl.gov/~jmbussat/ALS/)
Some group members and collaborators on the detector project: Bernhard Ludewigt (LBNL), Alex Kay (now at Intel), Jean-Marie Bussat (LBNL), Helmuth Spieler (LBNL), Akira Nambu (U. Tokyo, in inset, now BNL),Chuck, and Zahid Hussain (LBNL)
Helmholtz-Humboldt Prize, 2006-2007
Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, Microbeam Analysis Committee 141 Award, 2007
Our workplace: The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The LBNL Advanced Light Source
The LBNL Materials Sciences Division
From Left, Bongjin Simon Mun (now Hanyang Univ., Seoul); Chuck; See-Hun Yang (now IBM Almaden Research); Norman Mannella (now University of Tennessee )
--Current Research and Papers:
Recent Seminar Overviewing Group Activities
Links to some recent papers, reviews, and other relevant websites:
Spectroscopy and Polaron Formation in a Colossal Magnetoresistive Oxide
Standing-Wave Studies of Buried Magnetic Interfaces
Standing-Wave Studies of Buried Magnetic Interfaces--Overview
Standing-Wave Studies of Buried-Layer Densities of States
Atomic-Scale Holography with Photoelectrons and X-Rays
Development of a Next-Generation Detector for Synchrotron Radiation Research
Future Prospects for Photoelectron Spectroscopy in the 5-15 keV Regime--Article
Future Prospects for Photoelectron Spectroscopy in the 5-15 keV Regime--Invited Talk
Future Prospects for Using X-Rays in Nanomagnetism Studies
Basic Concepts of X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy--An Introductory Overview
User-Friendly Program for Simulating Photoelectron Diffraction (EDAC--Garcia de Abajo)
--Group Members, Past and Present:
Fyodor Lynen Postdoctoral Fellows Christian Papp and Benjamin Balke discussing research in surroundings familiar to them
Some group members lining up for our annual motorcycle race. From Left, Yoshi Enta, Hirosaki University, Japan (on a Harley); Brian Sell, UC Davis (Suzuki); Masa Watanabe, RIKEN, Japan (BMW)
(Plus see list in Fadley CV. Other links under development)
--Teaching/Special Lectures:
Surface Physics of Materials--Spectroscopy, Fall, 2005 (Physics 243A)
Public Lecture on Einstein's Magic Year (Video)
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Advanced School on Synchrotron Radiation and Free Electron Laser Sources, and their Multidisciplinary Applications
International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
Course on Surface and Interface Science, Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Related Techniques
April 16-18, 2008
Some Photos of the 2008 Photoemission Gang at Work (Link to Album)
Slide Set 1-2008--Introduction to surface/interface/nano science
Slide Set 2-2008--Electronic structure review, basic technigues
Slide Set 3-2008 --Instrumentation, peak intensities, photoelectron
diffraction, x-ray optics & standing waves
Slide Set 4-2008--Valence band studies, various core-level effects
Answers to Exercises-2008--Suggested answers to lecture questions and computer exercises
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