Trinity College Dublin

rodek
append @tcd.ie

Home: Oslo, Norway

Position: Postdoc

Education:
B.A. 1997
Norwegian equivalent of a B.A in Political Science
Universitetet i Oslo.

M.Sc. - 2002
Two diplomas obtained, DEA - Diplôme des Études Approfondies and Diplôme d’ingénieur
Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse
Final year project: Development of soft and hardware to create a computer control led interface between a semiconductor spreading resistance measurement set-up and the user.
Acquisition and treatment of data.

Ph.D. - 2005
Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales UMR-137 and Université de Paris-Sud
Ph.D. Title: Contribution à l’étude des semiconducteurs magnétiques - cas de l’oxyde de Zinc dopé au Cobalt
Supervisors Dr. A. Anane, Dr. F. Petroff and Prof. A. Fert

Specialities:
Magneto-transport, optics and electronics. Growth and characterization of Magnetic semiconducting mono- and multilayers

Current Projects:
Magneto-transport, optics and electronics. Growth and characterization of Magnetic semiconducting mono- and multilayers

Activities/Interests: European culture, cycling, photography

Selected Publications:

1. K. Rode, A. Anane, R. Mattana, J.-P. Contour, O. Durand, and R. LeBourgeois. Magnetic semiconductors based on cobalt substituted ZnO. Journal of Applied Physics, 3(10):7676– 7678, 2003.
2. Helene Bea, Manuel Bibes, Stephane Fusil, Karim Bouzehouane, Eric Jacquet, Karsten Rode, Peter Bencok, and Agnes Barthelemy. Investigation on the origin of the magnetic moment of BiFeO3 thin films by advanced x-ray characterizations. Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics), 74(2):020101, 2006.
3. J.-L. Maurice, K. Rode, A. Anane, D. Imhoff, and J.-P. Contour. Nanometer scale mapping of cobalt in al-doped ferromagnetic Zn0.7Co0.3O thin film. The European Physical Journal Applied Physics, 33(2):109–113, feb 2006.
4. J Alaria, N Cheval, K Rode, M Venkatesan, and J M D Coey. Structural and magnetic properties of wurtzite CoO thin films. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 41(13):135004 (6pp), 2008.
5. R.D. Gunning, K. Rode, R.G.S. Sofin, M. Venkatesan, J.G. Lunney, J.M.D. Coey, and I.V. Shvets. Thin films of semiconducting lithium ferrite produced by pulsed laser deposition. Applied Surface Science, 2008.
6. K. Rode, R.D. Gunning, R.G.S. Sofin, M. Venkatesan, J.G. Lunney, J.M.D. Coey, and I.V. Shvets. Magnetic anisotropy in ilmenite-hematite solid solution thin films grown by pulsed laser ablation. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 320(23):3238, 2008.
7. K. Rode, R. Mattana, A. Anane, V. Cros, E. Jacquet, J.-P. Contour, F. Petroff, A. Fert, M.-A. Arrio, Ph. Sainctavit, P. Bencok, F. Wilhelm, N. B. Brookes, and A. Rogalev. Magnetism of (Zn,Co)O thin films probed by x-ray absorption spectroscopies. Applied Physics Letters, 92(1):012509, 2008.
8. J. M. D. Coey and Karsten Rode. Dilute Magnetic Oxides and Nitrides, Handbook of Magnetism and Advanced Magnetic Materials, volume 4. Wiley, 2007.