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Snorri Þorgeir Ingvarsson - Professor
–
School of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Snorri Þorgeir Ingvarsson
Íslenska
Professor
Location
VR-3 / V03-103
Phone
525 - 4791
Email
sthi [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Physical Sciences
Website
http://www.hi.is/~sthi
Published Work
Snorri Þorgeir Ingvarsson - published work
Curriculum Vitae
Snorri Þorgeir Ingvarsson - Curriculum Vitae
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8397-8917
Research portal – Snorri Þorgeir Ingvarsson
Courses 2024 - 2025
EÐL404M - Atomic Physics and Optics
EÐL616M - Modern Experimental Physics
EÐL624M - Introduction to Nanotechnology
EÐL520M - Condensed Matter Physics 1
EÐL505F - Course for the Ph.D.-degree in Physics
Collaboration
,
Micromagnetics, Inc. Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
,
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, USA
Published works
2024
Optimizing photocurrent intensity in layered SiGe heterostructures
Semiconductor Science and Technology
The Influence of Alloying Elements on Mg Vapor Pressure in Liquid Ternary Aluminum Alloys Studied by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science
2023
Application of p and n-Type Silicon Nanowires as Human Respiratory Sensing Device
Sensors
Epitaxial growth and characterization of (001) [NiFe/M]
20
(M = Cu, CuPt and Pt) superlattices
Surfaces and Interfaces
2022
Effect of VN buffer layer on the magnetic anisotropy of epitaxial Ni
80
Fe
20
thin films deposited on MgO (001) substrates
Piezoresistance Characterization of Silicon Nanowires in Uniaxial and Isostatic Pressure Variation
Sensors
Germanium coated silicon nanowires as human respiratory sensing device
Structure and electrical behavior of silicon nanowires prepared by MACE process
Surfaces and Interfaces
Structural and magnetic changes in CoAlZr thin films upon post annealing
Structural and magnetic characterization of epitaxial mathrm{V}-{2} mathrm{O}-{3}/ text{Ni}-{80} text{Fe}-{20} hybrid magnetic structures
2021
On the role of ion potential energy in low energy HiPIMS deposition
Surface and Coatings Technology
Tailoring interface alloying and magnetic properties in (111) Permalloy/Pt multilayers
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Tailoring interface alloying and magnetic properties in (111) Permalloy/Pt multilayers
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Synthesis and photoluminescence study of silicon nanowires obtained by metal assisted chemical etching
Correlation of uniaxial magnetic anisotropy axes and principal resistivities in polycrystalline ferromagnetic films
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Facile formation of self-Assembled Ga droplets on GaAs (001) substrate
Photoluminescence study of Si
1-x
Ge
x
nanoparticles in various oxide matrices
2020
Effect of substrate bias on microstructure of epitaxial film grown by HiPIMS
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films
The importance of HiPIMS ionization flux fraction on the film microstructure and surface roughness: A molecular dynamic simulation
Tailoring microstructure and stress through energetic ion bombardment: A molecular dynamic simulation
Effect of substrate bias on microstructure of epitaxial film grown by HiPIMS: An atomistic simulation
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films
2019
Oblique angle deposition of nickel thin films by high-power impulse magnetron sputtering
Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
Effect of atomic ordering on the magnetic anisotropy of single crystal Ni80Fe20
AIP Advances
Effect of atomic ordering on the magnetic anisotropy of single crystal Ni80Fe20
AIP Advances
Application of an extended van der Pauw method to anisotropic magnetoresistance measurements of ferromagnetic films
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Role of ionization fraction on the surface roughness, density, and interface mixing of the films deposited by thermal evaporation, dc magnetron sputtering, and HiPIMS
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films
2018
Comparison of magnetic and structural properties of permalloy Ni
80
Fe
20
grown by dc and high power impulse magnetron sputtering
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Grain growth in Pt microheaters subjected to high current density under constant power
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Effect of substrate bias on properties of HiPIMS deposited vanadium nitride films
Thin Solid Films
Size and shape-dependent melting mechanism of Pd nanoparticles
Journal of Nanoparticle Research
2017
Thickness-dependent magnetic and magnetoresistance properties of permalloy prepared by field assisted tilt sputtering
2016
A sub-μs thermal time constant electrically driven Pt nanoheater
Applied Physics Letters
2014
High-frequency sub-wavelength IR thermal source
Analysis of the noise spectra from oxidized superparamagnetic nanoparticles
Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Power regulation and electromigration in platinum microwires
Review of Scientific Instruments
2013
Sample size effects on the performance of sub-wavelength metallic thin-film bolometers
Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)
Broadband injection and scattering of spin waves in lossy width-modulated magnonic crystal waveguides
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
DC and AC characterization of MgO magnetic tunnel junction sensors
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
Optimisation of performance for platinum nanowires as sub-wavelength bolometers
2012
Thermal radiation from Au nanoparticles deposited on patterned Pt microstructures
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Thin-film platinum nanowires as sub-wavelength bolometers
2011
Sub-wavelength bolometers
Optics Express
2010
Impedance spectroscopy of micron sized magnetic tunnel junctions with MgO tunnel barrier
Applied Physics Letters
Optical spectra of organic quantum dots in the strong coupling regime
Superlattices and Microstructures
2009
Changing the emission of polarized thermal radiation from metallic nanoheaters
Optics Express
Ferromagnetic resonance of individual magnetic double layer microwires
Journal of Applied Physics
2008
Thermal radiation spectra of individual subwavelength microheaters
Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Progress towards a thermally driven, infra-red near-field source using nanoheaters
Journal of Microscopy
Coherence properties of infrared thermal emission from heated metallic nanowires
Applied Physics Letters
2007
Enhanced thermal emission from individual antenna-like nanoheaters
Optics Express
2005
Magnetic nanoparticles in composite materials and devices
Technology in Society— Society in Technology
Skammtareikningar, skammtatölvur og hönnun ofurleiðandi segulflæðisskammtabita
RAUST - Tímarit um raunvísindi og stærðfræði
2004
Tunable magnetization damping in transition metal ternary alloys
Applied Physics Letters
2002
Local magnetic anisotropy control in NiFe thin films via ion irradiation
Applied Physics Letters
Thickness-dependent magnetic properties of Ni
81
Fe
19
, Co
90
Fe
10
and Ni
65
Fe
15
Co
20
thin films
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Properties of epitaxial chromium dioxide films grown by chemical vapor deposition using a liquid precursor
Journal of Applied Physics
Role of electron scattering in the magnetization relaxation of thin Ni
81
Fe
19
films
Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Role of electron scattering in the magnetization relaxation of thin (formula presented) films
Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Magnetic exchange bias enhancement through seed layer variation in FeMn/NiFe layered structures
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
2001
Near-complete spin polarization in atomically-smooth chromium-dioxide epitaxial films prepared using a CVD liquid precursor
Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
2000
Low-frequency magnetic noise in micron-scale magnetic tunnel junctions
Physical Review Letters
Néel "orange-peel" coupling in magnetic tunneling junction devices
Applied Physics Letters
1999
Electronic noise in magnetic tunnel junctions
Journal of Applied Physics
1995
Time-of-flight in lithium-compensated GaAs
Materials Science Forum
Oscillations in PLE spectra of Li passivated GaAs, related to interstitial Li donors
Materials Science Forum
Hot electrons in reciprocal space in GaAs
7th Biannual Conference Proceedings of the Icelandic Physical Society
Diffusion and Mobility in Li doped GaAs. Usefulness for determining the disorder parameter.
7th Biannual Conference Proceedings of the Icelandic Physical Society
1993
Metal-Semiconductor Interfaces
6th Biannual Conference Proceedings of the Icelandic Physical Society
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Physics
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Electron spin transport
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Magnetic materials and characterization
Nanostructures and devices e.g. memory and sensors
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