Staff information
Prof Ronald Atkinson
Centre for Nanostructured Mediaemail: ron.atkinson@qub.ac.uk
Tel: 028 9097 3546
Fax: 028 9097 3110
Room F.008 Physics Lanyon
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Queen's University Belfast
University Road
Belfast BT7 1NN
Prof. Ron Atkinson has >30 years of experience in personal research and guidance of the Thin Film Magneto-Optics Groups at Queen’s University and was previously Head of the Condensed Matter Physics and Materials science Division in the Physics Department.
His particular expertise is in multilayer optics and magneto-optics, and he has completed many successful projects with EPSRC and industrial support. Features of the work have involved the fundamental optical and magneto-optical characterisation of advanced optical and magneto-optical materials and their incorporation into well-designed structures that optimise their performance for particular applications, particularly in magneto-optic recording and information storage.
Recent work has been concerned with: (i) magneto-optical super-resolution for ultra-high density storage systems using magnetically amplifying magneto-optic multilayered media, (ii) world class, in situ monitoring of atomic and sub-atomic magnetic layers during their growth in ultra-high vacuum, (iii) the use of newly discovered Second Harmonic, nonlinear magneto-optical effects for the study of surface and interfacial magnetisation. (iv) optical and magneto-optical properties of nanaostructured oxide/absorber media. Studies have always been carried out at both experimental and theoretical levels as is illustrated by the publication record.
Prof. Ron Atkinson has more than 35 years of experience in personal research at Queen’s University Belfast and was head of the School of Mathematics and Physics and head of the Condensed Matter Physics and Materials science Division.
His particular expertise is in multilayer optics and magneto-optics, and he has completed many successful projects with EPSRC and industrial support. Features of the work have involved the fundamental optical and magneto-optical characterisation of advanced optical and magneto-optical materials and their incorporation into well-designed structures that optimise their performance for particular applications, particularly in magneto-optic recording and information storage.
Recent work has been concerned with: (i) magneto-optical super-resolution for ultra-high density storage systems using magnetically amplifying magneto-optic multilayered media, (ii) world class, in situ monitoring of atomic and sub-atomic magnetic layers during their growth in ultra-high vacuum, (iii) the use of Second Harmonic, nonlinear magneto-optical effects for the study of surface and interfacial magnetisation. Current activities are copncerned with the dynamic optical and magneto-optical properties of nanaostructured media. Studies have always been carried out at both experimental and theoretical levels as is illustrated by the publication record.
