Thomas Saerbeck
Thomas Saerbeck
Phone: +61 (2) 9717 7059
Email: thomas.saerbeck@ansto.gov.au
Thomas Saerbeck is a joint PhD student between The Bragg Institute and the University of Western Australia. At ANSTO he is working with Dr. Frank Klose and at the University of Western Australia with Prof. Robert Stamps of the Condensed Matter Physics Group.
An essential part of his project involves the use of neutron scattering techniques, in particular polarised neutron reflectivity at Platypus, for investigation of thin film and multilayer magnetic structures. With the combined usage of X-Ray scattering and complementary structural and magnetic methods (including magnetometry and synchrotron techniques), this research is aimed at studying magnetic phenomena on the nanoscale and designing novel material prototypes for applications in future spintronics devices.
Thomas completed his honours project (German Diploma thesis) at the University of Muenster (Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet) in Germany in the surface magnetism group supervised through Prof. Dr. Markus Donath. During his thesis he constructed and built an approved low energy spin-polarised electron gun fur use in Inverse Photoemission. In combination with the Ultraviolet-Photoelectron-Spectroscopy the groups’ main interest is the investigation of the spin dependent electronic structure of either unoccupied or occupied electronic states in the band structure of magnetic materials.