Karsten Rode

E-mail: rodek(at)tcd.ie
Phone: + 353 1 896 3649

Education

MSc (2002): Two diplomas obtained; DEA - Diplome des Études Approfondies and Diplome d'ingenieur Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, Toulouse

Final year project: Development of soft and hardware to create a computer control led interface between a semiconductor spreading resistance measurement set-up and the user.
Acquisition and treatment of data.

PhD (2005): Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales UMR-137 and Université de Paris-Sud.
Ph.D. Title: Contribution à létude des semiconducteurs magnétiques - cas de l'oxyde de Zinc dopé au Cobalt
Supervisors: Dr. A. Anane, Dr. F. Petroff and Prof. A. Fert

Specialities

Magneto-transport, optics and electronics. Growth and characterization of Magnetic semiconducting mono- and multilayers

Selected Publications

Site-specific order and magnetism in tetragonal Mn3Ga thin films
URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.184429
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.184429

High spin polarization in epitaxial films of ferrimagnetic Mn3Ga
URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.83.020405
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.020405

Electric field induced changes in the coercivity of a thin-film ferromagnet
URL: http://iopscience.iop.org/0022-3727/44/30/305001/
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/44/30/305001

Magnetism of (Zn,Co)O thin films probed by x-ray absorption spectroscopies
URL: http://apl.aip.org/resource/1/applab/v92/i1/p012509_s1
DOI: 10.1063/1.2829610

Activities/Interests

European culture, cycling, photography