Recent Publications

Following is a complete list of our group’s publications and preprints since 1990.

  • Updated 25 April 2007
  1. Publications/Preprints
  2. Books & Book Chapters
  3. Patents, 1990-Present

1. Refereed Publications/Preprints

(1990-present)

Effects of Zinc Substitution on the Electron Superconductor Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4- . C. Barlingay, Valentín García-Vázquez, Charles M. Falco, S. Mazumdar and S. H. Risbud, Phys. Rev. B—Rapid Communications B 41, 4797 (1990).

Brillouin Scattering from Thin Films.  G. I. Stegeman, J. A. Bell, W. R. Bennett, G. Duda, C. M. Falco, U. J. Gibson, B. Hillebrands, W. Knoll, L. A. Laxhuber, Sukmock Lee, J. Makous, F. Nizzoli, C. T. Seaton, J. D. Swalen, G. Wegner and R. Zanoni, in Scattering in Volumes and Surfaces, M. Nieto-Vesperinas and J. C. Dainty, eds. (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1990), p. 305.

Brillouin Scattering Studies of the Elastic Properties of Metallic Superlattices.  John R. Dutcher, Sukmock Lee, Jeha Kim, John A. Bell, George I. Stegeman and Charles M. Falco, J. of Materials Sci. and Eng. B 6, 199 (1990).

Enhancement of the c11 Elastic Constant of Ag/Pd Superlattice Films as Determined from Longitudinal Guided Modes.  John R. Dutcher, Sukmock Lee, Jeha Kim, George I. Stegeman and Charles M. Falco, Phys. Rev. Letters 65, 1231 (1990).

Deposition Techniques for High Tc Thin Films.  L. Maritato and Charles M. Falco, Modern Physics Letters B 4, 639 (1990).

Experimental Evidence for the Existence of Exchange-Dominated Collective Spin-Wave Excitations in Multilayers.  B. Hillebrands, J. V. Harzer, G. Güntherodt, C. D. England and Charles M. Falco, Phys. Rev. B—Rapid Communications B 42, 6839 (1990).

Elastic Properties of Cu-Co Multilayers.  John R. Dutcher, Sukmock Lee, Craig D. England, George I. Stegeman and Charles M. Falco, J. of Materials Sci. and Eng. A 126, 13 (1990).

Structural and Magnetic Properties of Ti/Co Multilayers.  Robert Van Leeuwen, Craig D. England, John R. Dutcher, Charles M. Falco and Wayne R. Bennett, J. Appl. Phys. 67, 4910 (1990).

Magnetic and Magneto-Optical Properties of Interfaces and Superlattices.  Brad N. Engel and Charles M. Falco, Materials Research Society Bulletin 15, 34 (1990).

Rayleigh Acoustic Waves in fcc/fcc Metallic Superlattices.  John R. Dutcher, Sukmock Lee, Jeha Kim, George I. Stegeman and Charles M. Falco, Proc. of the Materials Research Society 160, 179 (1990).

YBa2Cu3O7-x Thin Films Prepared by Multilayer Sputtering.  Valentín García-Vázquez and Charles M. Falco, Proc. of the Materials Research Society 169, (1990).

Selection, Growth and Characterization of Materials for MBE-Produced X-Ray Optics.  Patrick A. Kearney, J. M. Slaughter and Charles M. Falco, Proc. of the SPIE 1343, 25 (1990).

Characterization of the Structure and Interfaces in Metallic Superlattices.  Jeha Kim, John R. Dutcher, Sukmock Lee, George I. Stegeman and Charles M. Falco, Proc. of the Materials Research Society 202, 691 (1991).

Magnetic Properties of Metallic Multilayers and Superlattices.  Charles M. Falco and Brad N. Engel, Physica B 169, 293 (1991).

Interfaces in Mo/Si Multilayers.  J. M. Slaughter, Patrick A. Kearney, Dean W. Schulze and Charles M. Falco, Proc. of the SPIE 1343, 73 (1991).

Magnetism of Fe/Pd Superlattices.  Ahmed Boufelfel, Roy M. Emrick and Charles M. Falco, Phys. Rev. B 43, 13152 (1991).

124.Evidence for Collective Exchange Modes in Co/Pd Multilayers Observed by Brillouin Light Scattering.  B. Hillebrands, J. V. Harzer, G. Güntherodt, C. D. England and C. M. Falco, J. Appl. Phys. 69, 5740 (1991)

Magnetic Properties of Co/Pd Multilayers Determined by Brillouin Light Scattering and SQUID Magnetometry.  J. V. Harzer, B. Hillebrands, R. L. Stamps, G. Güntherodt, C. D. England and Charles M. Falco, J. Appl. Phys. 69, 2448 (1991).

Growth of Molybdenum on Silicon: Structure and Interface Formation.  J. M. Slaughter, Arye Shapiro, Patrick A. Kearney and Charles M. Falco, Phys. Rev. 44, 3854 (1991).

Polarized Neutron Reflection Used to Characterize Cobalt/Copper Multilayers.  W. Schwarzacher, W. Allison, J. Penfold, C. Shackleton, C. D. England, W. R. Bennett, J. R. Dutcher and C. M. Falco, J. Appl. Phys. 69, 4040 (1991).

Preparation and Structural Characterization of Epitaxial Co/Pd (111) Superlattices.  Craig D. England, Brad N. Engel and Charles M. Falco, J. Appl. Phys. 69, 5310 (1991).

Magnetic Properties of Epitaxial Co/Pd Superlattices.  Brad N. Engel, Craig D. England, Robert Van Leeuwen, Masafumi Nakada and Charles M. Falco, J. Appl. Phys. 69, 5643 (1991).

Interface Magnetic Anisotropy in Epitaxial Superlattices.  Brad N. Engel, Craig D. England, Robert A. Van Leeuwen, Michael H. Wiedmann and Charles M. Falco, Phys. Rev. Letters 67, 1910 (1991).

Influence of Structure on the Soft X-Ray Optical Properties of Metallic Multilayers.  J. M. Slaughter, Patrick A. Kearney and Charles M. Falco, Proc. of the Materials Research Society 229, 103 (1991).

Materials for Multilayer X-Ray Optics at Wavelengths Below 100 Å.  Patrick A. Kearney, J. M. Slaughter and Charles M. Falco, Optical Engineering 30, 1076 (1991).

MBE Growth of Metal/Semiconductor Interfaces.  J. M. Slaughter, Brad N. Engel, M. H. Wiedmann, Patrick A. Kearney and Charles M. Falco, in Nanostructured Magnetic Materials, G. Hadjipanyis and G. Prinz, eds. (Plenum, New York, 1991), p. 67.

X-Ray Characterization of Magnetic Multilayers and Superlattices.  Charles M. Falco, J. M. Slaughter and Brad N. Engel, in Nanostructured Magnetic Materials, G. Hadjipanyis and G. Prinz, eds. (Plenum, New York, 1991), p. 137.

Structural and Magnetic Properties of Epitaxial Co/Pd Superlattices.  Brad N. Engel, Craig D. England, Masafumi Nakada, Robert Van Leeuwen and Charles M. Falco, in Nanostructured Magnetic Materials, G. Hadjipanyis and G. Prinz, eds. (Plenum, New York, 1991), p. 181.

Zinc Substitution Effects on the Superconducting Properties of Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4- .  Valentín García-Vázquez, C. Barlingay, S. H. Risbud, S. Mazumdar and Charles M. Falco, in Electron-Phonon Interaction in Oxide Superconductors, R. Baquero, ed. (World Scientific, Singapore, 1991), p. 205.

Magnetocrystalline and Magnetoelastic Anisotropy in Epitaxial Co/Pd Superlattices.  Brad N. Engel, Craig D. England, Robert A. Van Leeuwen, Michael H. Wiedmann and Charles M. Falco, J. Appl. Phys. 70, 5873 (1991).

Evidence for Collective Exchange Modes in Co/Pd Multilayers Observed by Brillouin Light Scattering.  B. Hillebrands, J. V. Harzer, R. L. Stamps, G. Güntherodt, C. D. England and C. M. Falco, J. of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 93, 211 (1991).

Boron-Based Multilayers for Soft X-Ray Optics.  Patrick A. Kearney, J. M. Slaughter and Charles M. Falco, Proc. of the SPIE 1547, 63 (1991).

Magnetic Properties of Pd/Co Multilayers.  W. R. Bennett, C. D. England, D. C. Person and Charles M. Falco, J. Appl. Phys. 69, 4384 (1991).

Metallic Superlattice Thin Films for Optical Storage.  Brad N. Engel and Charles M. Falco, Japan. J. Appl. Phys. 6, 51 (1991).

Structural and Magnetic Ordering at Interfaces of Metallic Superlattices.  Charles M. Falco and Brad N. Engel, in Ordering at Surfaces and Interfaces, A. Yoshimori, T. Shinjo and H. Watanabe, eds. (Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1992), p. 297.

Influence of Structure on the Magnetic Anisotropy of Co/Pd (001) Epitaxial Superlattices.  Brad N. Engel, Michael H. Wiedmann, Robert A. Van Leeuwen, Charles M. Falco, Lianjun Wu, Noriaki Nakayama and Teruya Shinjo, Applied Surface Science 60/61, 776 (1992).

MBE Growth and Magneto-Optic Properties of Magnetic Superlattices.  Charles M. Falco and Brad N. Engel, Applied Surface Science 60/61, 790 (1992).

Characterization of Pd-B, Ag-B and Si-B Interfaces.  J. M. Slaughter, Patrick A. Kearney and Charles M. Falco, Proc. of the SPIE 1547, 71 (1992).

Fabrication and Characterization of Beryllium-Based Multilayer Mirrors for Soft X-Rays.  Judith A. Ruffner, J. M. Slaughter, Patrick A. Kearney and Charles M. Falco, Proc. of the SPIE 1547, 176 (1992).

Epitaxial Growth of Be on  -Al2O3.  Judith A. Ruffner, J. M. Slaughter and Charles M. Falco, Appl. Phys. Letters 60, 2995 (1992).

Optical Properties of Artificially Structured Metals.  Charles M. Falco, J. M. Slaughter and B. N. Engel, in Ultrastructure Processing of Advanced Materials, D. R. Uhlmann and D. R. Ulrich, eds. (Wiley, 1992), p. 531.

Quantitative Auger and XPS Analysis of Thin Films.  J. M. Slaughter, W. Weber, G. Güntherodt and Charles M. Falco, Materials Research Society Bulletin 17, 39 (1992).

Structure and X-Ray Optical Properties of MBE-Grown Multilayers.  Charles M. Falco, Patrick A. Kearney, Judith A. Ruffner and J. M. Slaughter, Proc. of the SPIE 1720, 191 (1992).

Advances in Multilayer X-Ray Optics.  Jon M. Slaughter and Charles M. Falco, Nuclear Instruments and Methods A319, 163 (1992).

Anomalous Magnetic Anisotropy in Ultra-Thin Transition Metals.  Brad N. Engel, Michael H. Wiedmann, Robert A. Van Leewen and Charles M. Falco, Phys. Rev. B—Rapid Communications B 48, 9894 (1993).

Properties of MBE-Grown Superlattices and Ultra-Thin Films.  Charles M. Falco and Brad N. Engel, Internat. J. of Mod. Phys. B 7, 446 (1993).

Effect of Transition-Metal Overlayers on the Perpendicular Magnetism of MBE-Grown Ultra-Thin Co Films.  Brad N. Engel, Michael H. Wiedmann, Robert A. Van Leeuwen and Charles M. Falco, J. Appl. Phys. 73, 6192 (1993).

Electronic Influence of Transition Metals on the Perpendicular Magnetism of MBE-Grown Co/Pd.  Robert A. Van Leeuwen, Michael H. Wiedmann, Brad N. Engel and Charles M. Falco, J. Magnetics Soc. of Japan 17, Suppl. S1, 136 (1993).

Interface Roughness: What is it and how is it Measured?  E. Chason, Charles M. Falco, A. Ourmazd, E. F. Schubert, J. M. Slaughter and R. S. Williams,  Proc. of the Materials Research Society 280, 203 (1993).

Characterization of Metallic Multilayers for X-Ray Optics.  J.M. Slaughter and Charles M. Falco, J. of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 126, 3 (1993).

Chemical Interaction at the Pd-B Interface.  Dian Hong Shen, Patrick A. Kearney, J. M. Slaughter and Charles M. Falco, J. Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 126, 25 (1993).

X-Ray Diffraction Measurements of Lattice Strains in Co/Pd(001) Superlattice Films.  Lianjun Wu, N. Nakayama, B. N. Engel, T. Shinjo and C. M. Falco, Japanese J. Appl. Phys. 32, 4726 (1993).

Anomalous Perpendicular Anisotropy in Ultra-Thin Co Films.  Michael H. Wiedmann, Brad N. Engel, Robert A. Van Leeuwen, Ko Mibu and Charles M. Falco, Proc. of the Materials Research Society, 313, 531 (1993).

Influence of Transition Metal Overlayers on the Perpendicular Magnetism of MBE-Grown Co Films.  Brad N. Engel, Michael H. Wiedmann, Robert A. Van Leeuwen and Charles M. Falco, J. of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 126, 532 (1993).

Growth of MBE-Codeposited IrSi3 on Si(111) and Si(100).  Gary A. Gibson, Davis A. Lange and Charles M. Falco, Proc. of the Materials Research Society 299 (1993).

X-Ray Diffraction Analysis of Lattice Strain in Metallic Superlattice Films.  N. Nakayama, L. Wu, H. Dohnomae, T. Shinjo, J. Kim and C. M. Falco, J. of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 126, 71 (1993).

Resistance and Magnetoresistance Studies in Co/Nb Multilayers Before and After Ion-Mixing.  V. Parizek, P. Kielar, R. Krishnan and C. M. Falco, J. Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 123, 147 (1993).

MBE-Codeposited Iridium Silicide Films on Si(100) and Si(111).  Davis A. Lange, Gary A. Gibson and Charles M. Falco, Proc. of the SPIE. 2021, 67 (1993).

Epitaxial Growth and Surface Structure of (0001) Be on (111) Si.  Judith A. Ruffner, J.M. Slaughter, James Eickmann and Charles M. Falco, Appl. Phys. Letters 64, 31 (1994).

Elastic Properties of Metallic Multilayers.  Charles M. Falco, J. Kim, J. R. Dutcher, S. Lee and George I. Stegeman, in Nanophase Materials—Synthesis, Processes, and Applications, George C. Hadjipanayis and Richard W. Siegel, eds. (Kluwer, 1994), 307.

Growth and Structure of IrSi3 on Si(111).  Davis A. Lange, Gary A. Gibson and Charles M. Falco, J. Appl. Phys. 75, 2917 (1994).

Superconducting Spin-Glass Multilayers. C. Attanasio, L. Maritato, B. Engel and C. M. Falco, Physica B 194–196, 1722 (1994).

Overlayer-Induced Perpendicular Anisotropy in Ultrathin Co Films. Brad N. Engel, Michael H. Wiedmann and Charles M. Falco, J. Appl. Phys. 75, 6401 (1994).

Spatial Modulation of the Magnetic Moment in Co/Pd Superlattices Observed by Polarized Neutron Reflectivity.  J. A. Borchers, J. F. Ankner, C. F. Majkrzak, B. N. Engel, M. H. Wiedmann, R. A. Van Leeuwen and C. M. Falco, J. Appl. Phys. 75, 6498 (1994).

Mo/Y Multilayer Mirrors for the 8 to 12 nm Wavelength Range.  Claude Montcalm, Brian T. Sullivan, M. Ranger, J. M. Slaughter, Patrick A. Kearney, Charles M. Falco and M. Chaker, Optics Lett. 19, 1173 (1994).

Growth and Surface Structure of Epitaxial Be Thin Films.  Charles M. Falco, James Eickmann, Judith A. Ruffner and J. M. Slaughter, Proc. of the SPIE 2364, 338 (1994).

Si/B4C Narrow-Bandpass Mirrors for the Extreme Ultraviolet.  J.M. Slaughter, Brian S. Medower, R. N. Watts, C. Tarrio, T. B. Lucatorto and Charles M. Falco, Optics Lett. 19, 1786 (1994).

Structure and Performance of Si/Mo Multilayer Mirrors for the Extreme Ultraviolet.  J. M. Slaughter, Dean W. Schulze, C. R. Hills, A. Mirone, R. Stalio, R. N. Watts, C. Tarrio, T. B. Lucatorto, M. Krumrey, P. Mueller and Charles M. Falco, J. Appl. Phys. 76, 2144 (1994).

On Developing a Table Top Soft X-Ray Laser.  A. Morozov, K. Krushelnick, L. Polonsky, C. H. Skinner, S. Suckewer, C. M. Falco and J. M. Slaughter, Proc. of the IV International Colloquium on X-Ray Lasers, 1994.

Magnetic Anisotropy of Metal/Co/Metal and Metal/Co/Insulator Sandwiches.  Michael H. Wiedmann, Brad N. Engel and Charles M. Falco, J. Appl. Phys. 76, 6075 (1994).

Roughness Correlations in Si/Mo Multilayers.  J. M. Slaughter, D. G. Stearns and Charles M. Falco, Second Topical Meeting on Physics of X-Ray Multilayer Structures (Tech. Digest Series, Volume 6, Optical Society of America, 1994).  p. 19.

Si/B4C Soft X-Ray Multilayer Mirrors.  Charles M. Falco, Brian S. Medower and  J. M. Slaughter, Second Topical Meeting on Physics of X-Ray Multilayer Structures (Tech. Digest Series, Volume 6, Optical Society of America, 1994).  p. 166.

Epitaxial Growth of Be(0001) on Ge(111) and Ge(111) on Be(0001).  James Eickmann, J. M. Slaughter and Charles M. Falco, Second Topical Meeting on Physics of X-Ray Multilayer Structures (Tech. Digest Series, Volume 6, Optical Society of America, 1994).  p. 178.

Proximity Effect in MBE-Grown Superconducting/Spin-Glass Multilayers.  Carlos W. Wilks, Brad N. Engel and Charles M. Falco, J. Appl. Phys. 76, 6959 (1994).

Superconducting Properties of Nb-CuMn Multilayers.  C. Attanasio, L. Maritato, S.L. Prischepa, M. Salvato, B. Engel and C. M. Falco, J. Appl. Phys. 77, 2081 (1995).

Growth Modes of Pd, Ag, and Si Thin Films on B.  Patrick A. Kearney, J. M. Slaughter, Dian Hong Shen and Charles M. Falco, J. Vacuum Sci. and Technol. 13, 78 (1995).

Perpendicular Magnetic Behavior of Ultra-Thin Co Sandwiches.  Michael H. Wiedmann, Christian Marliere, Brad N. Engel and Charles M. Falco, J. of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 148, 125 (1995).

Unusual Behavior in the Magnetic Anisotropy of Ultra-Thin Co Sandwiches: The Role of Au Underlayers.  Christian Marlière, Brad N. Engel and Charles M. Falco, Proc. of the Materials Research Society 12, 221 (1995).

On Developing a Table Top Soft X-Ray Laser.  A. Morozov, K. Krushelnick, L. Polonsky, C. H. Skinner, C. M. Falco and J. M. Slaughter, in X-Ray Lasers 1994: Fourth International Colloquium, David C. Eder and Dennis L. Matthews, eds. (American Institute of Physics, New York, 1995), p. 432.

Thickness Variation Effects on X-Ray Scattering of Multilayers.  Ahmed Boufelfel and Charles M. Falco, Thin Solid Films 258, 26 (1995).

Fabrication of 3D Proximity Coupled Josephson Junction Arrays.  S. T. Herbert, L. B. Gomez, D. B. Mast, R. S. Newrock, C. Wilks and C. M. Falco, Superlattices and Microstructures 18, 53 (1995).

Influence of a Non-Magnetic Underlayer on the Magnetic Anisotropy of Ultra-Thin Co Sandwiches.  Brad N. Engel, Christian Marlière and Charles M. Falco, IEEE Trans. on Magnetics 31, 4080 (1995).

Effect of Thermal Annealing on Elastic Properties in Ag/Pd Superlattice Films.  Sukmock Lee, George I. Stegeman, Jeha Kim, Charles M. Falco, Askarpour Vahid and Murli Manghnani, Solid State Commun. 94, 691 (1995).

Quantum Vortex Melting in Nb/CuMn Multilayers.  C. Attanasio, C. Coccorese, L. Maritato, S. L. Prischepa, M. Salvato, B. Engel, and C. M. Falco, Phys. Rev. B 53, 1087 (1996).

Survey of Ti-, B- and Y-Based Soft X-ray/Extreme Ultraviolet Multilayer Mirrors for the 2 to 12 nm Wavelength Range.  Claude Montcalm, Patrick A. Kearney, J. M. Slaughter, Brian T. Sullivan, M. Chaker, Henri Pépin, and Charles M. Falco.  Applied Optics 35, 5134 (1996).

Superconducting and Structural Properties of Nb/Pd(Mn) Multilayers.  C. Attanasio, C. Coccorese, L. Maritato, L.V. Mercaldo, M. Salvato, A. Del Vecchio, L. Tapfer, J. Eickmann, J.M. Slaughter, and C.M. Falco.  Czech Journal of Physics 46, 717 (1996).

Influence of a Non-Magnetic Interlayer on the Magnetic Anisotropy of Ultra-Thin Co Sandwiches.  Christian Marlière, Brad N. Engel and Charles M. Falco, J. Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 156, 209 (1996).

Spin-wave Brillouin Study of Ultra-Thin Co(111) Films With Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy.  Akihiro Murayama, Kyoko Hyomi, James Eickmann and Charles M. Falco.  J. Appl. Phys.  82, 6186 (1997).

Pinning Forces in Superconducting Nb/Pd and Nb/CuMn Multilayers.  C. Attanasio, C. Coccorese,  L. Maritato, L. Mercaldo, M. Salvato, S. Prishepa, J.M. Slaughter and C.M. Falco.  Proc. 1997 Applied Superconductivity Conference 158, 169 (1997).

Glancing-Incidence X-Ray Characterization of Nb/Pd Multilayers.  M.A. Tagliente, A. Del Vecchio, L. Tapfer, C. Coccorese, L. Mercaldo, L. Maritato, J.M. Slaughter and C.M. Falco.  Nuovo Cimento 19D, 473 (1997).

Effect of an Ultrathin Au-Interlayer at a Co/Cu(111) Interface on the Magnetic Properties of the Co Layer.  Akihiro Murayama, Kyoko Hymoi, James Eickman, and Charles M. Falco.  J. of Appl. Phys. 83, 613 (1998)

Effect of an Au Underlayer on Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy in Au/Co/Au(111) Sandwich Films.  Akihiro Murayama, Kyoko Hyomi, James Eickmann, and Charles M. Falco.  IEEE Trans. on Magnetics 34, 1198 (1998).

Angular Dependence of the Upper Critical Field in Nb/CuMn Multilayers.  C. Attanasio, C. Coccorese, L.V. Mercaldo, M. Salvato, L. Maritato, A.N. Lykov, S.L. Prischepa and Charles M. Falco.  Phys. Rev. B57, 6056 (1998).

Vortex Properties in Superconducting Nb/Pd Multilayers.  C. Coccorese, C. Attanasio, L.V. Mercalso, M. Salvato, L. Maritato, J.M. Slaughter, C.M. Falco, S.L. Prischepa, and B.I. Ivlev.  Phys. Rev. B57, 7922 (1998).

Kerr Enhancement by Photon Tunneling and Possible Applications to a New Scanning Probe Magnetic Microscope.  A. Kikitsu, C. M. Falco, and M. Mansuripur.  J. Appl. Phys. 83, 6232 (1998).

Underlayer-Induced Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy in Ultrathin Co/Au/Cu(111) Films: A Spin-Wave Brillouin Scattering Study.  Akihiro Murayama, Kyoko Hyomi, James Eickmann, and Charles M. Falco.  Phys. Rev. B 58, 8596 (1998).

Optical Constants of In-Situ Deposited Films of Important Extreme Ultraviolet Mirror Materials.  C. Tarrio, R.N. Watts, T.B. Lucatorto, J. M. Slaughter, and Charles M. Falco.  Applied Optics 37, 4100 (1998).

Superconducting Transition Temperatures and Structure of MBE-grown Nb/Pd Multilayers.  S. Kaneko, U. Hiller, J.M. Slaughter, Charles M. Falco, C. Coccorese, and L. Maritato.  Phys. Rev. B58 ,8229 (1998).

Low Frequency Excitations of Spin-Wave Brillouin Scattering in Ultrathin Co/Au(111) Films. Akihiro Murayama, Kyoko Hyomi, James Eickmann, and Charles M. Falco.  J. of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 198–199, 372 (1999).

Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy in Au/Co/Au(111) Films: Interface Anisotropy and Effect of Strain.  Kyoko Hyomi, Akihiro Murayama, James Eickmann, and Charles M. Falco.  J. of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials  198–199, 378 (1999).

Magnetic Inhomogeneity in Ultrathin Co Films Studied by Spin-Wave Brillouin Scattering.  Kyoko Hyomi, Akihiro Murayama, James Eickmann, and Charles M. Falco.  J. of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 198–199, 528 (1999).

Microwave Transmittance in A High-Tc Superonductor Film Under Magnetic Field Influence.  V. Eremenko, C.M. Falco, V. Novosad, V. Pishko, and V. Rashkovan.  Ukrainian Journal of Low Temperature Physics 25, 384 (1999).

Specular and Diffuse Electron Scattering at Interfaces in Metal Spin-Valve Structures.  David J. Keavney, Sung-Kyun Park, Charles M. Falco and Jon M. Slaughter.  J. Appl. Phys. 86, 476 (1999).

Spin-Wave Brillouin Scattering in Quasimonatomic Co Films.  Akihiro Murayama, Kyoko Hyomi, James Eickmann, and Charles M. Falco.  J. Appl. Phys.  85, 5051 (1999).

Enhancement of Elastic Light Scattering Due to the Magnetization Instability in Ultrathin Magnetic Films.  A. Murayama, K. Hyomi, and Charles M. Falco.  Phys. Rev. B 60, 6281 (1999).

Structure and Superconducting Properties of Nb/Pd Multilayers.  S. Kaneko, U. Hiller, J.M. Slaughter, C.M. Falco, C. Coccorese, and L. Maritato.  Proc. of the 11th International Symposium on Superconductivity (ISS’98) (Springer-Verlag, Tokyo, 1999).  1137

Strain Dependence of the Interface Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy in Epitaxial Co/Au/Cu(111) Films.  Akihiro Murayama, Kyoko Hyomi, and Charles M. Falco.  Phys Rev. B60, 15245 (1999).

Large Enhancement of Elastic Light Scattering Due to Random Fluctuations of the Magnetization.  Akihiro Murayama, Kyoko Hyomi, and Charles M. Falco.  J. of Appl. Phys.  87, 5505 (2000).

Optical Insights into Renaissance Art.  David Hockney and Charles M. Falco.  Optics & Photonics  News  11, 52 (2000).

Brillouin Study of Long-Wavelength Spin-Waves in Quasi-Monatomic Co Films with Uniaxial Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy.  Akihiro Murayama, Kyoko Hyomi, James Eickmann, and Charles M. Falco.  Phys. Rev. B61, 8984 (2000).

Effects of Misfit Strain Due to Epitaxial Growth on Interface Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy in Ultrathin Co/Au/Cu(111) Films.  Akihiro Murayama, Kyoko Hyomi, James Eickmann, and Charles M. Falco.  J. Appl. Phys. 87, 6107 (2000).

Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry and X-Ray Analysis of Superconducting Nb/Pd Multilayers.  C. Gerardi, M.A. Tagliente, A. Del Vecchio, L. Tapfer, C. Coccorese, C. Attanasio, L.V. Mercaldo, L. Maritato, J.M. Slaughter, C.M. Falco.   J. Appl. Phys. 87, 717 (2000).

Micromagnetic Study of CoPt-SiO2 Granular Films by Spin-Wave Brillouin Scattering.  A. Kikitsu, A. Murayama, K. Hyomi and C. M. Falco.  J. Appl. Phys.  87, 6944 (2000).

Spin-Wave Brillouin Scattering Study of CoPt-SiO2 Granular HDD Medium.  A. Murayama, K. Hyomi, C. M. Falco and A Kikitsu.  Proc. of the Japanese Physical Society  2, 91 (2000).

Thermal Stability of Magnetic Tunnel Junctions Studied by X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy.  David J. Keavney, Sungkyun Park, Charles M. Falco and J.M. Slaughter.  Appl. Phys. Letters 78, 234 (2001).

Surface Magnetic Anisotropy of Co(0001) and Effects of Ultrathin Cu Overlayers Studied by Spin-Wave Brillouin Light Scattering.  K. Hyomi, A. Murayama, Y. Oka, U. Hiller, and C.M. Falco.  Appl. Phys. Letters 80, 282 (2002).  

In Situ Spin-Wave Brillouin Light Scattering for the Study of Co Surfaces.  A. Murayama, U. Hiller, K. Hyomi, Y. Oka, and Charles M. Falco.  J. of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials.  240, 355 (2002).

Effects of Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy on a Large Enhancement of Elastic Light Scattering in Ultrathin Co Films.  K. Hyomi, A. Murayama, Y. Oka, and Charles M. Falco.  J. of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials.  240, 386 (2002).

Magnetic Properties of Ultra-Thin MBE-Grown Multilayers.  Sukmock Lee, Sungkyun Park and Charles M. Falco.  J. of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 240, 457 (2002).

Modification of the Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy of Ultrathin Co Films due to the Presence of Overlays.  Sungkyun Park, S. Lee and Charles M. Falco.  J. of Appl. Phys. 91, 8141 (2002).

MBE Growth of Ultrathin Co Films on Si(111) Surface with Ultrathin Buffer Layers.   K. Hyomi, A. Murayama, Y. Oka, S. Kondoh, and Charles M. Falco.  J. of Crystal Growth, 237–239, 1383 (2002).

Diffuse Interface Electron Scattering in Epitaxial Co/Cu Bilayers.  David J. Keavney, Sungkyun Park, and Charles M. Falco.   J. Appl. Phys. 91, 8108 (2002).

Optics at the Dawn of the Renaissance.  David Hockney  and Charles M. Falco.  Technical Digest of the Optical Society of America, 87th Annual Meeting (Optical Society of America, 2003).

Interdiffusion and Thermal Stability in Magnetic Tunnel Junction Structures.  Sungkyun Park, David J. Keavney, and Charles M. Falco.  J. Appl. Phys.95, 3037 (2004).

Enhanced Magnetic Orbital Moment of Ultrathin Co Films on Ge(100).  P. Ryan, R.P. Winarski, D.J. Keavney, J.W. Freeland, R.A. Rosenberg, S.K. Park, and Charles M. Falco.  Phys. Rev. B 69, 54,416 (2004).

Slanted perpendicular magnetic anisotropy axis induced by steps in 4o-miscut Si(111)/Cu/Au/Co/Au system.  Chun-Yeol You, Sukmock Lee, Sungkyun Park, and Charles M. Falco.  Phys. Rev. B.  69, 13,4402 (2004).

The Art of the Science of Renaissance Painting.  David Hockney and Charles M. Falco.  Proceedings of the Symposium on ‘Effective Presentation and Interpretation in Museums’ (National Gallery of Ireland, 2004), p. 7–11.

Structure and Spin Dynamics of Annealed Buried Ultra-Thin Fe Layers on GaAs(001).  Justin M. Shaw, Sungkyun Park, and Charles M. Falco.  J. Appl. Physics 95, 6552 (2004).

Step-Induced Slanted Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy in 4o-Miscut Si(111)/Cu/Au/ Co/Au System.  Chun-Yeol You, Sukmock Lee, Sungkyun Park, and Charles M. Falco.  J. Appl. Physics 95, 7279 (2004).

Thermal Processing Effects on Ultra-Thin Ferromagnetic Fe Layers Grown

on GaAs(001).  Justin M. Shaw and Charles M. Falco.  J. Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 286C, 420 (2005).

Tunable Magnetic Anisotropy of Ultrathin Co Layers.  S. Park, X. Zhang, A. Misra, J.D. Thompson, M. R. Fitzsimmons, S. Lee, and C. M. Falco.  Appl. Phys. Letters 86, 42504 (2005).

Optical Instruments and Imaging: The Use of Optics by 15th Century Master Painters.   David Hockney and Charles M. Falco.  Proceedings of SPIE Photonics Asia 5638, 1 (2005).

Quantitative Analysis of Qualitative Images.  David Hockney and Charles M. Falco, in Human Vision and Electronic Imaging X, edited by B. E. Rogowitz, T. N. Pappas, S.J. Daly,  Proceedings of the IS&T-SPIE Electronic Imaging, SPIE 5666, 326 (2005).

Spinwaves in Spintronics Structures.  Charles M. Falco, J.M. Shaw, and T.M. Reith, Proc. of 2005 Intl. Conf. on MEMS, NANO and Smart Systems (IEEE, 2005), 41.

Overlayer Induced Magnetic Uniaxial Anisotropy in Epitaxial Nanoscaled Fe Layers on GaAs.  Justin M. Shaw, Suckmock Lee and Charles M. Falco.  Phys. Rev. B 73, 94,417 (2006).

Quantitative Analysis of Qualitative Images.  Charles M. Falco.  Proc. Of the Irish Machine Vision and Image Processing Conference.  A. Amira, A. Bouridane, and F. Kurugollu, eds. (QUB, 2005).  11.

Effect of Very Thin Cr Films on the Magnetic Behavior of Epitaxial Co. T. M. Reith, J.M. Shaw, and Charles M. Falco.  J. Appl. Phys. 9, 506 (2006).

Magneto-Optic Effects in Ferromagnetic Films: Implications for Spin Devices.   C.E. Tanner, T. Williams a, S. Schwall, S.T. Ruggiero, P. Shaklee, S. Potashnik, J.M. Shaw, and C.M. Falco.  Optics Communications 259, 704 (2006).

Quantitative Analysis of Qualitative Images.  Charles M. Falco.  Proceedings of Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications, ed. B.C. Lovell, A.J. Maeder, T. Caelli, and S. Ourselin.  IEEE Computer Society (2006).

Origins of Switching Field Distributions in Perpendicular Magnetic Nanodot Arrays. Justin M. Shaw, William H. Rippard, Stephen E. Russek, Timothy Reith and Charles M. Falco.  J. Appl. Phys. 101, 23909 (2007).

Novel Expert-Based Approach to Image Analysis.  Charles M. Falco.  Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Sciences, Signal Processing and its Applications (Sharjah, U.A.E., February 12–15, 2007, in press).

Structure, Spin-Dynamics, Magnetic and Chemical properties of Annealed Nanoscaled Fe Layers on GaAs.  Justin M. Shaw and Charles M. Falco.  J. Appl. Physics 101, 33905 (2007).

Computer Vision and Art.  Charles M. Falco.  IEEE Multimedia 14, 8 (April–June 2007).


2. Books/Book Chapters

(1990-present)

Metallic Multilayers and Superlattices.  Charles M. Falco, chapter in Encyclopedia of Applied Physics, edited by George L. Trigg (VCH Publishers, New York, 1993).

Electron Beam Evaporator Based MBE.  Erich Kasper and Charles M. Falco, chapter 3 in Advanced Silicon and Semiconducting Silicon-Alloy Based Materials & Devices, edited by J. F. A. Nijs (IOP, London, 1994).

Deposition Techniques for Magnetic Thin Films and Multilayers.  David J. Keavney and Charles M. Falco, chapter in Spintronics—Spin Transport Electronics, edited by Yves Idzerda (Plenum, New York, 2004).

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3. Patents

(1990-present)

Method for Making a Beam Splitter and Partially Transmitting Normal-Incidence Mirrors for Soft X-Rays.  Félix E. Fernández and Charles M. Falco.  U.S. Patent Number 5,080,739.  Issued January 14, 1992.

New Thin Film Magneto-Electronic Device.  Akihiro Murayama, Kyoko Hyomi, and Charles M. Falco.  Patent Pending (filed March 15, 1999).

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