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"Tomasz Błachowicz"
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"Tomasz Błachowicz"
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Magnetic Materials at Nanoscale
Optical Spectroscopies
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EDUCATION:
- Technical High School, Mielec, Poland, aircrafts building, 1983;
- M. Sc., Physics, 1988, Pedagogical University, Krakow, Poland;
- PhD, Physics, 1998, Silesian Technical University in Gliwice, with honors, "Application of Brillouin scattering to the analysis of acoustic properties of piezoelectric crystals";
- Habilitation, Physics, 2004, Gdansk University, Department of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science, "Brillouin spectroscopy in crystal lattices. Acoustic and spin waves";
- Profesor at Silesian University of Technology since March 2009.
EXPERIENCED IN:
- Materials research using optical spectroscopy methods (Brillouin light scattering - BLS);
- Optical and mechanical system design;
- Raman spectroscopy of passivated surfaces in semiconductors;
- micromagnetic simulations;
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED:
- Brillouin spectrometer - pressure scanned Fabry-Perot interferometer - patented by the Patent Office of the Republic
of Poland (26-06-2006);
- Experimental system for low-level-intensity light detection (single photon counting);
- Computer cluster for numerical simulations (16 nodes);
POLISH PATENTS:
- Pressure scanned Fabry-Perot interferometer, 337242 A1, dated: 26-06-2006;
- A method of linear reading of the optical signals from a pressure scanned Fabry-Perot interferometer, 337243 A1,
dated: 14-07-2006;
- A method of preparation and magnetization of ultrathin ferromagnetic cells creating the two-bits four-states matrix of magnetic memory cells (09-2013, pending patent);
WORLD-WIDE PATENTS:
- Quantum Motor, WO 2008/084559 A1, dated: 17-07-2008 - in collaboration with TMME (Toyota);
PARTICULAR RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Brillouin light scattering - crystals, metallic superlattices, thin layers, multilayers, acoustic phonons and magnons;
- Computer simulations of physical phenomena, parallel computing;
- Spintronics, magnetoelectronics, exchange-bias;
EMPLOYMENT:
1998 - present: Physics, Silesian Technical University, Gliwice, POLAND, Adjunct;
SCIENTIFIC ABROAD VISITS:
RWTH Aachen, Germany, September 2001 (DAAD Award);
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, February-March 2002 (Visiting Scholar);
RWTH Aachen, Germany, August 2003 (Visiting Scientist);
Technical University of Chemnitz, Germany, June 2005 (Visiting Scientist);
RWTH Aachen, Germany, July-August 2005 (DAAD Award);
L'Aquila University, Italy, 23-29 April 2006, Seminar;
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Contemporary Physics, and General Physics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering;
Computer Simulations of Physical Phenomena, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics;
Optics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics;
Technical Physics, Faculty of Organization and Management;
Technology of Nanomaterials, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics;
- Technical High School, Mielec, Poland, aircrafts building, 1983;
- M. Sc., Physics, 1988, Pedagogical University, Krakow, Poland;
- PhD, Physics, 1998, Silesian Technical University in Gliwice, with honors, "Application of Brillouin scattering to the analysis of acoustic properties of piezoelectric crystals";
- Habilitation, Physics, 2004, Gdansk University, Department of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science, "Brillouin spectroscopy in crystal lattices. Acoustic and spin waves";
- Profesor at Silesian University of Technology since March 2009.
EXPERIENCED IN:
- Materials research using optical spectroscopy methods (Brillouin light scattering - BLS);
- Optical and mechanical system design;
- Raman spectroscopy of passivated surfaces in semiconductors;
- micromagnetic simulations;
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED:
- Brillouin spectrometer - pressure scanned Fabry-Perot interferometer - patented by the Patent Office of the Republic
of Poland (26-06-2006);
- Experimental system for low-level-intensity light detection (single photon counting);
- Computer cluster for numerical simulations (16 nodes);
POLISH PATENTS:
- Pressure scanned Fabry-Perot interferometer, 337242 A1, dated: 26-06-2006;
- A method of linear reading of the optical signals from a pressure scanned Fabry-Perot interferometer, 337243 A1,
dated: 14-07-2006;
- A method of preparation and magnetization of ultrathin ferromagnetic cells creating the two-bits four-states matrix of magnetic memory cells (09-2013, pending patent);
WORLD-WIDE PATENTS:
- Quantum Motor, WO 2008/084559 A1, dated: 17-07-2008 - in collaboration with TMME (Toyota);
PARTICULAR RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Brillouin light scattering - crystals, metallic superlattices, thin layers, multilayers, acoustic phonons and magnons;
- Computer simulations of physical phenomena, parallel computing;
- Spintronics, magnetoelectronics, exchange-bias;
EMPLOYMENT:
1998 - present: Physics, Silesian Technical University, Gliwice, POLAND, Adjunct;
SCIENTIFIC ABROAD VISITS:
RWTH Aachen, Germany, September 2001 (DAAD Award);
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, February-March 2002 (Visiting Scholar);
RWTH Aachen, Germany, August 2003 (Visiting Scientist);
Technical University of Chemnitz, Germany, June 2005 (Visiting Scientist);
RWTH Aachen, Germany, July-August 2005 (DAAD Award);
L'Aquila University, Italy, 23-29 April 2006, Seminar;
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Contemporary Physics, and General Physics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering;
Computer Simulations of Physical Phenomena, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics;
Optics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics;
Technical Physics, Faculty of Organization and Management;
Technology of Nanomaterials, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics;
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