Professor John Finlay Mc Gilp
Fellow Emeritus, Physics
Biography
Internationally known for: establishing the field of epioptics in Europe (optical characterisation of surfaces and interfaces); developing the first sol-gel, caged chromophore, evanescent wave optical sensor.
Invited talks (last 5 years): given at seven international conferences on optical probes for surfaces, interfaces and thin films (epioptics).
Over 100 peer-reviewed publications, with ~ 1400 S.C.I. citations.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
S. Banerjee, C. H. Patterson and J. F. McGilp, Group V adsorbate structure on vicinal Ge(001) surfaces determined from the optical spectrum, Applied Physics Letters, 110, (23), 2017, p233903-
Duignan, M.J., Cunniffe, J.P., Glans, P.-A., (...), Mcguinness, C., Mcgilp, J.F. , Temperature dependent studies of capped magnetic nanowires using XMCD, physica status solidi (b), 253, (2), 2016, p241-246
Banerjee, S., McGilp, J.F., Patterson, C.H., Reflectance anisotropy spectroscopy of clean and Sb covered Ge(001) surfaces and comparison with clean Si(001) surfaces, Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research, 252, (1), 2015, p78 - 86
Lina Persechini, Ruggero Verre, Christopher M. Smith, Karsten Fleischer, Igor V. Shvets, Mukesh Ranjan, Stefan Facsko, John F. McGilp, Optical characterisation of plasmonic nanostructures on planar substrates using second-harmonic generation , Optics Express, 23, (20), 2015, p26486-26498
Lina Persechini, Ruggero Verre, Christopher M. Smith, Karsten Fleischer, Igor V. Shvets, Mukesh Ranjan, Stefan Facsko, and John F. McGilp, Optical characterisation of plasmonic nanostructures on planar substrates using second-harmonic generation, OPTICS EXPRESS, 23, (20), 2015, p26486 - 26498
L. Persechini and J. F. McGilp, Probing chiral monolayers of cysteine on Au(110) using reflection anisotropy spectroscopy and second-harmonic generation, Physica Status Solidi B, 252, (1), 2015, p95 - 99
L Persechini, R Verre, N McAlinden, J J Wang, M Ranjan, S Facsko, I V Shvets and J F McGilp, An analytic approach to modeling the optical response of anisotropic nanoparticle arrays at surfaces and interfaces, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 26, 2014, p145302-
K. Fleischer, R. Verre, O. Mauit, R. G. S. Sofin, L. Farrell, C. Byrne, C. M. Smith, J. F. McGilp, and I. V. Shvets, Reflectance anisotropy spectroscopy of magnetite (110) surfaces, Physical Review B, 89, 2014, p195118-
Jorgji, S, McGilp, JF, Patterson, CH, Reflectance anisotropy spectroscopy of Si(111)-(3 x 1)Li and Ag surfaces, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 87, (19), 2013
Oral Ualibek, Ruggero Verre, Brendan Bulfin, Victor Usov, Karsten Fleischer, John F. McGilp and Igor V. Shvets, Manipulating and probing the growth of plasmonic nanoparticle arrays using light, Nanoscale, 5, (11), 2013, p4923 - 4930
Conor Hogan,Elena Ferraro, Niall McAlinden, and John F.McGilp, Optical Fingerprints of Si Honeycomb Chains and Atomic Gold Wires on the Si(111)-(5x2)-Au Surface, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 111, 2013, p087401-
R. Verre, M. Modreanu, O. Ualibek, D. Fox, K. Fleischer, C. Smith, H. Zhang, M. Pemble, J. F. McGilp, and I. V. Shvets, General approach to the analysis of plasmonic structures using spectroscopic ellipsometry, Physical Review B, 87, (23), 2013, p235428-
Jorgji, S., McGilp, J.F., Patterson, C.H., Reflectance anisotropy spectroscopy of Si(111)-(3×1)Li and Ag surfaces, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 87, (19), 2013, part. no. 195304
L. Persechini, M. Ranjan, F. Grossmann, S. Facsko, and J.F. McGilp, The linear and nonlinear optical response of native-oxide covered rippled Si templates with nanoscale periodicity, Physica Status Solidi (b), 249, 2012, p1173 - 1177
C. Hogan, N. McAlinden, and J.F. McGilp, Optical characterization of gold chains and steps on the vicinal Si(557) surface: Theory and experiment, Physica Status Solidi (b), 249, 2012, p1095 - 1104
N. McAlinden, J.J. Wang, and J.F. McGilp, Anisotropic optical response of elongated Pb islands in the infrared spectral region, Physica Status Solidi (b), 249, 2012, p1105 - 1109
L. Persechini and J.F. McGilp, Chiral second-harmonic generation from small organic molecules at surfaces, Physica Status Solidi (b), 249, 2012, p1155 - 1159
Verre, R., Fleischer, K., McGilp, J.F., Fox, D., Behan, G., Zhang, H., Shvets, I.V., Controlled in situ growth of tunable plasmonic self-assembled nanoparticle arrays, Nanotechnology, 23, (3), 2012, 035606-
J F McGilp, Magnetic second-harmonic generation from interfaces and nanostructures, The Science and Culture Series - Physics, Epioptics-11, Erice, Italy, 19-25 July 2010, edited by A. Cricenti , 32, World Scientific, 2012, pp37 - 47
Verre R, Fleischer K, McGilp JF, Fox D, Behan G, Zhang H, Shvets IV., Controlled in situ growth of tunable plasmonic self-assembled nanoparticle arrays, Nanotechnology, 23, 2012, p035606-
R. Verre, K. Fleischer, R. G. S. Sofin, N. McAlinden, J. F. McGilp, I. V. Shvets, In-situ characterisation of one-dimensional plasmonic Ag nanocluster arrays, Physical Review B, 83, 2011, p125432-
Charles H. Patterson, Soumya Banerjee and John F. McGilp, Optical and phonon excitations of modified Pandey chains at the Si(111)-2x1 surface, Physical Review B, 84, 2011, p155314-
C. H. Patterson, S. Banerjee, J. F. McGilp, Optical and phonon excitations of modified Pandey chains at the Si(111)-2×1 surface, Physical Review B, 84, (15), 2011, p155314-
Carroll, L, Cunniffe, JP, Fleischer, K, Ryan, S, McGilp, JF, Temperature-dependent magnetic second-harmonic generation from Fe nanostructures grown on vicinal W(110), PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 83, 2011, p134429-
Verre, R., Fleischer, K., Sofin, R.G.S., McAlinden, N., McGilp, J.F., Shvets, I.V., In situ characterization of one-dimensional plasmonic Ag nanocluster arrays, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 83, (12), 2011, part. no. 125432
R Verre, K Fleischer, C Smith, N McAlinden, JF McGilp, IV Shvets, Probing the out-of-plane optical response of plasmonic nanostructures using spectroscopic ellipsometry, Physical Review B, 84, 2011, p085440-
J. P. Cunniffe, D. E. McNally, M. Liberati, E. Arenholz, C. McGuinness, and J. F. McGilp, X-ray magnetic circular dichroism and reflection anisotropy spectroscopy Kerr effect studies of capped magnetic nanowires, Physica Status Solidi B, 247, (8), 2010, p2108 - 2112
J.F. McGilp, L. Carroll, K. Fleischer, J.P. Cunniffe, S. Ryan, Magnetic second-harmonic generation from interfaces and nanostructures, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 322, (9-12), 2010, p1488 - 1493
S. Wippermann, W. G. Schmidt, F. Bechstedt, S. Chandola, K. Hinrichs, M. Gensch, N. Esser, K. Fleischer, and J. F. McGilp, Optical anisotropy of Si(111)- (4×1)/(8×2)-In nanowires calculated from first-principles, Phyisica Status Solidi C, 12th International Conference on the Formation of Semiconductor Interfaces (ICFSI-12), 7, 2010, pp133 - 136
J F McGilp, Probing surface and interface structure using optics, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 22, 2010, p084018/1 - 16
N. McAlinden and J. F. McGilp, New evidence for the influence of step morphology on the formation of Au atomic chains on vicinal Si(111) surfaces, EPL, 92, 2010, p67008/1 - 5
E. Speiser, S. Chandola, K. Hinrichs, M. Gensch, C. Cobet, S. Wippermann, W. G. Schmidt, F. Bechstedt, W. Richter, K. Fleischer, J F McGilp, N. Esser, Metal-insulator transition in Si(111)-(4 x 1)/(8 x 2)-In studied by optical spectroscopy, PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS, 247, (8), 2010, p2033 - 2039
N McAlinden, J F McGilp, Using surface and interface optics to probe the capping, with amorphous Si, of Au atom chains grown on vicinal Si(111), Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 21, 2009, p474208/1 - 5
S. Chandola, K. Hinrichs, M. Gensch, N. Esser, S. Wippermann, W. G. Schmidt, F. Bechstedt, K. Fleischer, and J. F. McGilp, Structure of Si(111)-In Nanowires Determined from the Midinfrared Optical Response, Physical Review Letters, 102, 2009, p226805/1 - 226805/4
J. F. McGilp, L. Carroll and K. Fleischer , Determining magnetization curves using optical second-harmonic generation, physica status solidi (c), 5, 2008, p2653 - 2656
K. Fleischer, J. Jacob, S. Chandola, N. Esser and J. F. McGilp, Using reflectance anisotropy spectroscopy to characterize capped silver nanostructures grown on silicon, physica status solidi (c), 5, 2008, p2556 - 2560
J. Jacob, A. Gomes Silva, K. Fleischer and J. F. McGilp, Optical second-harmonic generation studies of Si(111)-sqrt3xsqrt3-Ag and Si(111)-3x1-Ag grown on vicinal Si(111), physica status solidi (c), 5, 2008, p2649 - 2652
L Carroll, K Fleischer, J P Cunniffe, and J F McGilp, Magnetic second-harmonic generation from the terraces and steps of aligned magnetic nanostructures grown on low symmetry interfaces, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 20, 2008, p265002/1 - 8
J. Jacob, N. McAlinden, K. Fleischer, S. Chandola and J.F. McGilp, Reflectance anisotropy studies of 5x2-Au structures grown on Si(111) surfaces with different step formations, physica status solidi (c), 5, 2008, p2569 - 2572
L. Carroll, K. Fleischer and J. F. McGilp, Optimizing the magnetic contrast in the optical second-harmonic response of capped magnetic nanostructures grown on vicinal surfaces, physica status solidi (c), 5, 2008, p2645 - 2648
K. Fleischer, S. Chandola, N. Esser, W. Richter and J. F. McGilp, Surface phonons of the Si(111):In-(4 x 1) and (8 x 2) phases, Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics), 76, 2007, p205406/1 - 205406/7
K. Fleischer, L. Carroll, C. Smith and J.F. McGilp, Optical reflectance anisotropy of buried Fe nanostructures on vicinal W(110), Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 19, 2007, p266003/1 - 11
J.F. McGilp, Using steps at the Si-SiO2 interface to test simple bond models of the optical second-harmonic response, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 19, 2007, p016006/1 - 13
J. F. McGilp, L. Carroll and K. Fleischer, Extracting the hysteresis loops of magnetic interfaces from optical second-harmonic intensity measurements, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 19, 2007, p396002/1 - 13
K. Fleischer, S. Chandola, Th. Herrmann, N. Esser, W. Richter and J.F. McGilp, The free-electron response in reflectance anisotropy spectra, Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics), 74, 2006, p195432/1 - 10
S. Chandola, J. Jacob, K. Fleischer, P. Vogt, W. Richter and J. F. McGilp, Optical and electronic properties of Ag nanodots on Si(111), Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 18, 2006, p6979 - 6986
L. Carroll, F. Pedreschi, J.D. O'Mahony and J.F. McGilp, Optical reflectance anisotropy studies of Fe nanostructures grown on vicinal W(110), physica status solidi (b), 242, 2005, p2650 - 2654
J.F. McGilp and L. Carroll, Bulk and interface contributions to the optical second-harmonic response of native-oxide-covered vicinal Si(111), physica status solidi (b), 242, 2005, p3012 - 3016
D.O'Mahony, C.Smith, C.Budtz-Jorgensen, M.Venkatesan, J.G.Lunney, J.F.McGilp, J.M.D.Coey, Optical and magnetic properties of europium sulphide thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition, Thin Solid Films, Volume 488, (1-2), 2005, p200-203
S. Chandola, J. Jacob, K. Fleischer, P. Vogt, W. Richter and J.F. McGilp, Optical response of Ag-induced reconstructions on vicinal Si(111), physica status solidi (b), 242, 2005, p3017 - 3021
K. Fleischer, S. Chandola, N. Esser and J.F. McGilp, Optical properties of indium nanowires - an adsorption study, physica status solidi (b), 242, 2005, p2655 - 2663
K. Fleischer, S. Chandola, N. Esser, W. Richter, J.F. McGilp, W.G. Schmidt, S. Wang, W. Lu, and J. Bernholc, Atomic indium nanowires on Si(111): the (4x1)-(8x2) phase transition studied with reflectance anisotropy spectroscopy, Applied Surface Science, 234, 2004, p302 - 306
J. F. McGilp, Optical Second Harmonic Generation and the Characterisation of Low Dimensional Nanostructures on Planar Silicon, Epioptics 7, Epioptics 7, Erice, Sicily, July 20-26, 2002, edited by A Cricenti , World Scientific, New Jersey, 2004, pp62 - 79
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 16, no. 39, (2004), S4243 - S4402p, J F McGilp, [ed.], special issue
J. F. McGilp and L. Carroll, Bond hyperpolarizabilities - SHG simplified?, physica status solidi (c), 0, 2003, pp3060 - 3064
S. Chandola, L. Carroll, and J. F. McGilp, Anisotropic second harmonic generation from Si(111)-4x1-In, physica status solidi (c), 0, 2003, pp3050 - 3054
K. Fleischer , S. Chandola, N. Esser, W. Richter, J. F. McGilp, Phonon- and Polarized Reflectance-Spectra from Si(111)-4x1-In: Evidence for a CDW driven phase transition?, Physical Review B, 67, 2003, p235318/1 - 6
L. Carroll and J. F. McGilp, Phenomenology of magnetic second harmonic generation from low symmetry surfaces and interfaces, physica status solidi (c), 0, 2003, pp3046 - 3049
CHANDOLA, S, MCGILP, JF, OPTICAL SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION AT SI(111)-IN INTERFACES: EVIDENCE OF QUASI-ONE-DIMENSIONAL METALLICITY, PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLIED RESEARCH, 184, 2001, p111 - 116
MCGILP, JF, OPTICAL RESPONSE OF LOW-DIMENSIONAL IN NANOSTRUCTURES GROWN BY SELF-ASSEMBLY ON SI SURFACES, PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLIED RESEARCH, 188, 2001, p1361 - 1369
FLEISCHER, K, REFLECTANCE ANISOTROPY SPECTROSCOPY OF SI(111)-(4 X 1)-IN, PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLIED RESEARCH, 188, 2001, p1411 - 1416
G. Joyce, C. Moore, T.S. Perova, C. Beitia, A. Kocot, K. Berwick, R.A. Moore, H. Byrne and J.F. McGilp, Structural Properties and Stress Analysis of SiO2 Thin Films, Book of Pre-Prints of the 3rd International Conference on Materials for Microelectronics, 3rd International Conference on Materials for Microelectronics, Dublin Castle, Ireland., 16-17 October, 2000, pp251 - 254
M. Nolan, T.S. Perova, R.A. Moore, C.E. Beitia, J.F. McGilp and H.S. Gamble, Spectroscopic Investigations of Borosilicate Glass and its Application as a Dopant Source for Shallow Junctions, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 147, (8), 2000, p3100 - 3105
GAPONENKO, SV, BOGOMOLOV, VN, PETROV, EP, KAPITONOV, AM, YAROTSKY, DA, KALOSHA, II, EYCHMUELLER, AA, ROGACH, AL, MCGILP, J, WOGGON, U, GINDELE, F, SPONTANEOUS EMISSION OF DYE MOLECULES, SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS, AND RARE-EARTH IONS IN OPAL-BASED PHOTONIC CRYSTALS, JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY, 17, 1999, p2128 - 2137
MCGILP, JF, SECOND-HARMONIC GENERATION AT SEMICONDUCTOR AND METAL SURFACES, SURFACE REVIEW AND LETTERS, 6, 1999, p529 - 558
CHANDOLA, S, MCGILP, JF, OPTICAL SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION STUDIES OF INDIUM DEPOSITED ON VICINAL SI(111), PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLIED RESEARCH, 175, 1999, p189 - 193
MCGILP, JF, OPTICAL SECOND-HARMONIC GENERATION AS A SEMICONDUCTOR SURFACE AND INTERFACE PROBE, PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLIED RESEARCH, 175, 1999, p153 - 167
GAPONENKO, NV, MUDRYI, AV, SERGEEV, OV, BORISENKO, VE, PIVIN, JC, BARAN, AS, STEPANOVA, EA, RATKO, AI, MCGILP, JF, ERBIUM AND TERBIUM LUMINESCENCE FROM SOL-GEL DERIVED IN2O3 FILMS ON POROUS SILICON, PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLIED RESEARCH, 165, 1998, p131 - 134
MCGILP, JF, CHANDOLA, S, EPIOPTIC STUDIES OF VICINAL SI(001)-GA, NUOVO CIMENTO DELLA SOCIETA ITALIANA DI FISICA D-CONDENSED MATTER ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND CHEMICAL PHYSICS FLUIDS PLASMAS BIOPHYSICS, 20, 1998, p1019 - 1024
CHANDOLA, S, CAVANAGH, M, POWER, JR, MCGILP, JF, ADSORPTION OF CA ON STEPPED SI(001) PROBED BY RESONANT OPTICAL SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION, THIN SOLID FILMS, 313, 1998, p565 - 567
KRAVETSKY, IV, KULYUK, LL, MCGILP, JF, CAVANAGH, M, CHANDOLA, S, BONESS, J, MAROWSKY, G, HARBSMEIER, F, A STUDY OF ION-IMPLANTED SI(111) AND SI(111) SILICON OXIDE BY OPTICAL SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION, SURFACE SCIENCE, 404, 1998, p542 - 546
CHANDOLA, S, POWER, JR, FARRELL, T, WEIGHTMAN, P, MCGILP, JF, THE EFFECT OF SUBMONOLAYER COVERAGES OF GA ON THE OPTICAL ANISOTROPY OF VICINAL SI(001), APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 123, 1998, p233 - 236
MCGILP, JF, EPIOPTICS: PROGRESS AND OPPORTUNITY, THIN SOLID FILMS, 313, 1998, p533 - 536
GAPONENKO, NV, MUDRYI, AV, SERGEEV, OV, BORISENKO, VE, STEPANOVA, EA, BARAN, AS, RATKO, AI, PIVIN, JC, MCGILP, JF, ERBIUM LUMINESCENCE IN SOL-GEL DERIVED OXIDE GLASS FILMS, SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY, 54, 1998, p2177 - 2182
Optical Second-Harmonic and Sum-Frequency Generation in, editor(s)D. Brune, R. Hellborg, H.J. Whitlow, O. Hunderi , Surface Characterisation, Weinheim, Wiley-VCH, 1997, pp519 - 533, [J. F. McGilp]
J McGilp, B O'Kelly, B MacCraith, V Ruddy, A waveguide sensor, 1997, European patent no. 0575408
GAPONENKO, NV, PARKUN, VM, KATERNOGA, OS, BORISENKO, VE, MUDRYI, AV, STEPANOVA, EA, RATKO, AI, CAVANAGH, M, OKELLY, B, MCGILP, JF, ERBIUM AND TERBIUM PHOTOLUMINESCENCE IN SILICA SOL-GEL FILMS ON POROUS ALUMINA, THIN SOLID FILMS, 297, 1997, p202 - 206
POWER, JR, FARRELL, T, GERBER, P, CHANDOLA, S, WEIGHTMAN, P, MCGILP, JF, THE INFLUENCE OF MONOLAYER COVERAGES OF SB ON THE OPTICAL ANISOTROPY OF VICINAL SI(001), SURFACE SCIENCE, 372, 1997, p83 - 90
J F McGilp, Spectroscopic second harmonic and sum frequency generation at semiconductor interfaces, Highlights of Light Spectroscopy on Semiconductors, Frascati, Italy, 11-12 September 1995, edited by A D'Andrea, L G Quagliano and S Selci , Singapore, World Scientific, 1996, pp53 - 62
POWER, JR, CHANDOLA, S, OMAHONY, JD, WEIGHTMAN, P, MCGILP, JF, ADSORBATE-INDUCED RECONSTRUCTION ON SI(001) PROBED BY RESONANT OPTICAL SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION, SURFACE SCIENCE, 352, 1996, p337 - 340
OMAHONY, JD, MCGILP, JF, MUSTERS, PAM, VERBRUGGEN, MHW, FLIPSE, CFJ, QUANTUM-SIZED AU STRUCTURES ON SI(111) STUDIED BY SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY, SURFACE SCIENCE, 365, 1996, p801 - 806
MCGILP, JF, A REVIEW OF OPTICAL SECOND-HARMONIC AND SUM-FREQUENCY GENERATION AT SURFACES AND INTERFACES, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS, 29, 1996, p1812 - 1821
POWER, JR, FARRELL, T, GERBER, P, CHANDOLA, S, WEIGHTMAN, S, MCGILP, JF, EFFECT OF ADLAYER DIMER ORIENTATION ON THE OPTICAL ANISOTROPY OF SINGLE DOMAIN SI(001), APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 69, 1996, p176 - 178
CAVANAGH, M, POWER, JR, MCGILP, JF, MUNDER, H, BERGER, MG, OPTICAL 2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION STUDIES OF THE STRUCTURE OF POROUS SILICON SURFACES, THIN SOLID FILMS, 255, 1995, p146 - 148
Introduction in, editor(s)J F McGilp, D Weaire and C H Patterson , Epioptics - Linear and Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy of Surfaces and Interfaces, Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 1995, pp1 - 13, [J F McGilp]
MCGILP, JF, RESONANT OPTICAL SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION FROM VICINAL SI(001)-SB, AND ITS MICROSCOPIC ORIGIN, PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLIED RESEARCH, 152, 1995, p227 - 235
Conclusions in, editor(s)J F McGilp, D Weaire and C H Patterson , Epioptics - Linear and Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy of Surfaces and Interfaces,, Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 1995, pp207 - 209, [J F McGilp]
G O'Keeffe, B D MacCraith, A K McEvoy, C M McDonagh and J F McGilp, Development of a LED-based phase fluorimetric oxygen sensor using evanescent wave excitation of a sol-gel immobilised dye, Sensors and Actuators B, 29, 1995, p226 - 230
J F McGilp, D Weaire and C H Patterson (eds), Epioptics - Linear and Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy of Surfaces and Interfaces, Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 1995, 1 - 230pp
Second Harmonic and Sum Frequency Generation in, editor(s)J F McGilp, D Weaire and C H Patterson , Epioptics - Linear and Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy of Surfaces and Interfaces, Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 1995, pp183 - 206, [J F McGilp]
POWER, JR, OMAHONY, JD, CHANDOLA, S, MCGILP, JF, RESONANT OPTICAL 2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION AT THE STEPS OF VICINAL SI(001), PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 75, 1995, p1138 - 1141
MCGILP, JF, OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR SURFACES AND INTERFACES, PROGRESS IN SURFACE SCIENCE, 49, 1995, p1 - 106
COLLINS, IR, MORAN, JT, ANDREWS, PT, COSSO, R, OMAHONY, JD, MCGILP, JF, MARGARITONDO, G, ANGLE-RESOLVED PHOTOEMISSION FROM AN UNUSUAL QUASI-ONE-DIMENSIONAL METALLIC SYSTEM - A SINGLE-DOMAIN AU-INDUCED 5X2 RECONSTRUCTION OF SI(111), SURFACE SCIENCE, 325, 1995, p45 - 49
B D MacCraith, G. O'Keefe, A. K. McEvoy, C M McDonagh, J F McGilp, B O'Kelly, J D O'Mahony and M Cavanagh, Light-emitting-diode-based oxygen sensing using evanescent wave excitation of a dye-doped sol-gel coating, Optical Engineering, 33, 1994, p3861 - 3866
MCGILP, JF, TANG, ZR, CAVANAGH, M, RESONANCE AND LOCAL-FIELD EFFECTS IN THE CHARACTERIZATION OF MOLECULAR MONOLAYERS BY OPTICAL 2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION, SYNTHETIC METALS, 61, 1994, p181 - 184
B.D. MacCraith, C. McDonagh, G. O'Keeffe, T. Butler, B. O'Kelly and J.F. McGilp, Fibre Optic Chemical Sensors Based on Evanescent Wave Interactions in Sol-Gel-Derived Porous Coatings, Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 2, 1994, p661 - 665
MCGILP, JF, SPECTROSCOPIC OPTICAL 2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION FROM SEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACES, APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING, 59, 1994, p401 - 405
M Cavanagh, J R Power, J F McGilp, H Münder and M G Berger, Optical second-harmonic generation from porous silicon in UHV, Surface Review and Letters, 1, 1994, p585 - 588
J R Power, P-E Hansen and J F McGilp, The Si(001) interface studied by optical second harmonic generation, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on the Formation of Semiconductor Interfaces, Julich, Germany, 14-18 June 1993, B. Lengeler, H. Lüth, W. Mönch and J. Pollmann , Singapore, World Scientific, 1994, pp134 - 137
POWER, JR, MCGILP, JF, ON THE ROLE OF SURFACE-STATE RESONANCES IN THE OPTICAL 2ND-HARMONIC RESPONSE OF SI(001)-SB, SURFACE SCIENCE, 307, 1994, p1066 - 1070
OMAHONY, JD, MCGILP, JF, FLIPSE, CFJ, WEIGHTMAN, P, LEIBSLE, FM, NUCLEATION AND EVOLUTION OF THE AU-INDUCED 5-X-2 STRUCTURE ON VICINAL SI(111), PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 49, 1994, p2527 - 2535
MCGILP, JF, CAVANAGH, M, POWER, JR, OMAHONY, JD, PROBING SEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACES USING NONLINEAR-OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY, OPTICAL ENGINEERING, 33, 1994, p3895 - 3900
POWER, JR, MCGILP, JF, RESONANCE IN THE OPTICAL 2ND-HARMONIC RESPONSE FROM THE SI(111)-SB INTERFACE, SURFACE SCIENCE, 287, 1993, p708 - 712
OMAHONY, JD, MCGILP, JF, VERBRUGGEN, MHW, FLIPSE, CFJ, AU STRUCTURES ON SI(111) STUDIED BY SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY AND OPTICAL 2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION, SURFACE SCIENCE, 287, 1993, p713 - 717
MCGILP, JF, INSITU OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY OF SURFACES AND INTERFACES WITH SUBMONOLAYER RESOLUTION, APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 63, 1993, p99 - 105
J D O'Mahony, J F McGilp, F M Leibsle, P Weightman and C F J Flipse, Control of terrace width and atomic step distribution on vicinal Si(111) by thermal processing, Semiconductor Science and Technology, 8, 1993, p495 - 501
MCGILP, JF, OPTICAL IN-SITU SURFACE CONTROL DURING MOVPE AND MBE GROWTH - DISCUSSION, PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES, 344, 1993, 466 - 467
B D MacCraith, C M McDonagh, G O'Keefe, E T Keyes, J G Vos, B O'Kelly and J F McGilp, Fibre optic oxygen sensor based on fluorescence quenching of evanescent-wave excited ruthenium complexes in sol-gel-derived porous coatings, The Analyst, 118, 1993, p385 - 388
Z-R Tang, M Cavanagh and J F McGilp, The effect of the local field on the optical second-harmonic response of mixed liquid crystal-stearic acid monolayers, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 5, 1993, p3791 - 3800
POWER, JR, MCGILP, JF, OPTICAL 2ND HARMONIC-GENERATION FROM THE SI(111)-SB INTERFACE, APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 63, 1993, p111 - 114
TANG, ZR, CAVANAGH, M, MCGILP, JF, THE EFFECT OF THE LOCAL-FIELD ON THE OPTICAL 2ND-HARMONIC RESPONSE OF MIXED LIQUID-CRYSTAL STEARIC-ACID MONOLAYERS, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER, 5, 1993, p3791 - 3800
OMAHONY, JD, MCGILP, JF, VERBRUGGEN, MHW, FLIPSE, CFJ, EPIOPTIC ANALYSIS OF THE INITIAL ORDERED GROWTH OF AU ON SI(111), APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 63, 1993, p266 - 268
G. O'Keeffe, B.D. MacCraith, C. McDonagh, B. O'Kelly and J.F. McGilp, LED-based Fibre Optic Oxygen Sensor Using Sol-Gel-Entrapped Dyes, Proceedings of Sensors VI (Technology, Systems and Applications), Manchester, England, 1993, pp75 - 79
KELLY, PV, OMAHONY, JD, MCGILP, JF, RASING, T, OPTICAL 2ND HARMONIC-GENERATION FROM THE SI(111)-GA INTERFACE, APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 56-8, 1992, p453 - 456
OMAHONY, JD, PATTERSON, CH, MCGILP, JF, LEIBSLE, FM, WEIGHTMAN, P, FLIPSE, CFJ, THE AU-INDUCED 5X2 RECONSTRUCTION ON SI(111), SURFACE SCIENCE, 277, 1992, L57 - L62
KELLY, PV, OMAHONY, JD, MCGILP, JF, RASING, T, STUDY OF SURFACE ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE OF SI(111)-GA BY RESONANT OPTICAL 2ND HARMONIC-GENERATION, SURFACE SCIENCE, 270, 1992, p849 - 853
OMAHONY, JD, KELLY, PV, MCGILP, JF, OPTICAL 2ND HARMONIC-GENERATION FROM ORDERED SI(111)-AU INTERFACES, APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 56-8, 1992, p449 - 452
C. H. Patterson, Bond calculation of optical second harmonic generation at gallium-terminated and arsenic-terminated Si(111) surfaces, Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 4, 1992, p4017 - 4037
TANG, ZR, MCGILP, JF, RESONANT OPTICAL 2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION FROM MIXED LIQUID CRYSTAL-STEARIC ACID MONOLAYERS, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER, 4, 1992, p7965 - 7972
C McDonagh, G Ennis, P Marron, B O'Kelly, Z R Tang and J F McGilp, Characterisation of sol-gel glasses using optical probes, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 147/8, 1992, p97 - 101
C M McDonagh, G Ennis, P Marron, B O'Kelly and J F McGilp, Eu3+ as a fluorescent probe of glass formation by the sol-gel process, The Physics of Non-Crystalline Solids, edited by L D Pine, W C LaCourse and H J Stevens , London, Taylor and Francis, 1992, pp504 - 508
Second Harmonic Generation from Langmuir-Blodgett Films of Donor Acceptor Carotinoids in, editor(s)H Kuzmany, M Mehring and S Roth , Electronic Properties of Polymers, Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 1992, pp209 - 212, [E Walsh, M Cavanagh, Z R Tang, W J Blau, J F McGilp, Th. Wagner, S Hagen and S Roth]
VERDOZZI, C, CINI, M, MCGILP, JF, MONDIO, G, NORMAN, D, EVANS, JA, LAINE, AD, FOWLES, PS, DUO, L, WEIGHTMAN, P, N6,7O4,5O4,5 AUGER SPECTRUM OF METALLIC AU, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 43, 1991, p9550 - 9557
K Devlin, B O'Kelly, Z R Tang, C M McDonagh and J F McGilp, A structural study of the sol-gel process by optical spectroscopy, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 135, 1991, p8 - 14
KELLY, PV, TANG, ZR, WOOLF, DA, WILLIAMS, RH, MCGILP, JF, OPTICAL 2ND HARMONIC-GENERATION FROM SI(111)1X1-AS AND SI(100)2X1-AS, SURFACE SCIENCE, 251, 1991, p87 - 91
B D MacCraith, V Ruddy, C Potter, B O'Kelly and J F McGilp, Optical waveguide sensor using evanescent wave excitation of fluorescent dye in sol-gel glass, Electronics Letters, 27, 1991, p1247 - 1248
KELLY, PV, OMAHONY, JD, RASING, T, MCGILP, JF, CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SI(111)-GA INTERFACE USING OPTICAL 2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER, 3, 1991, pS193 - S198
MCGILP, J, GLASS CAGES MAKE SENSE, PHYSICS WORLD, 4, 1991, p23 - &
Materials Science and Engineering B, 5, 2, (1990), 1 - 343p, G M Crean, M Locatelli and J McGilp, [eds.], special issue
Structure of the Pt/GaAs interface in, Properties of Gallium Arsenide, EMIS Datareviews Series (GB) No.2, 2nd edition, London, INSPEC, Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1990, pp409 - 410, [J F McGilp]
EVANS, JA, LAINE, AD, FOWLES, PS, DUO, L, MCGILP, JF, MONDIO, G, NORMAN, D, WEIGHTMAN, P, SIMPLIFICATION OF THE N6,7O4,5O4,5 AUGER SPECTRUM OF AU, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER, 2, 1990, p195 - 200
Structure of the W/GaAs interface in, Properties of Gallium Arsenide, EMIS Datareviews Series (GB) No.2, 2nd edition, London, INSPEC, Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1990, pp411 - 412, [J F McGilp]
MCGILP, JF, EPIOPTICS - LINEAR AND NONLINEAR OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY OF SURFACES AND INTERFACES, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER, 2, 1990, p7985 - 8006
C McDonagh, B O'Kelly, K Devlin, Z R Tang and J F McGilp, Optical characterisation of sol-gel glasses, Institute of Physics Conference Series 111, New Materials and their Applications 1990, 1990, pp435 - 440
ADAMSON, S, OCARROLL, C, MCGILP, JF, MONTE-CARLO CALCULATIONS OF THE BEAM FLUX DISTRIBUTION FROM MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY SOURCES, JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B, 7, 1989, p487 - 490
MCGILP, JF, OPTICAL 2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION FOR STUDYING SURFACES AND INTERFACES, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER, 1, 1989, pSB85 - SB92
Materials Science and Engineering A, 122, 1, (1989), 1 - 135p, G M Crean, M Locatelli, J F McGilp, [eds.], special issue
MCGRATH, R, MCGILP, JF, MCGOVERN, IT, MORGAN, SJ, HERRENDENHARKER, WG, WILLIAMS, RH, METAL ADATOMS ON OXIDIZED SILICON SURFACES, SEMICONDUCTOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 3, 1988, p937 - 942
The structure of the Si/Cu interface in, Properties of Silicon, EMIS Datareviews Series (GB) no.4, London, INSPEC, Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1988, pp746 - 748, [J F McGilp]
MCGILP, JF, MCLEAN, AB, SCHOTTKY CONTACTS TO CLEAVED GAAS (110) SURFACES .2. THERMODYNAMIC ASPECTS, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS C-SOLID STATE PHYSICS, 21, 1988, p807 - 818
The structure of the Si/Ag interface in, Properties of Silicon, EMIS Datareviews Series (GB) no.4, London, INSPEC, Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1988, pp725 - 728, [J F McGilp]
ADAMSON, S, OCARROLL, C, MCGILP, JF, THE SPATIAL-DISTRIBUTION OF FLUX PRODUCED BY SINGLE CAPILLARY GAS DOSERS, VACUUM, 38, 1988, p341 - 344
MCLEAN, AB, WILLIAMS, RH, MCGILP, JF, METAL D-LEVEL INDUCED MID-GAP FERMI LEVEL PINNING ON GAAS(110), JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B, 6, 1988, p1252 - 1256
MCLEAN, AB, WILLIAMS, RH, MCGILP, JF, METAL D-LEVEL INDUCED MID-GAP FERMI LEVEL PINNING ON GAAS(110), SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS, 65, 1988, p1415 - 1418
The structure of the Si/Au interface in, Properties of Silicon, EMIS Datareviews Series (GB) no.4, London, INSPEC, Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1988, pp732 - 735, [J F McGilp]
ADAMSON, S, OCARROLL, C, MCGILP, JF, THE ANGULAR-DISTRIBUTION OF THERMAL MOLECULAR-BEAMS FORMED BY SINGLE CAPILLARIES IN THE MOLECULAR-FLOW REGIME, VACUUM, 38, 1988, p463 - 467
J F McGilp, Determining metal-semiconductor interface structure by optical second harmonic generation, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 5, 1987, p1442 - 1446
J F McGilp, Alloying and entropy effects in predicting metal/compound-semiconductor interface reactivity, Journal of Materials Research, 2, 1987, p516 - 523
MCGILP, JF, DETERMINING METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACE STRUCTURE BY OPTICAL 2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION, SEMICONDUCTOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2, 1987, p102 - 107
ADAMSON, S, MCGILP, JF, MEASUREMENT OF GAS FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS FROM SINGLE CAPILLARIES USING A MODIFIED, UHV-COMPATIBLE ION GAUGE, AND COMPARISON WITH THEORY, VACUUM, 36, 1986, p227 - 232
J F McGilp and Y Yeh, Probing the buried metal-semiconductor interface by optical second harmonic generation: Au on Si(111) and Si(100), Solid State Communications, 59, 1986, p91 - 94
MCGOVERN, IT, DIETZ, E, ROTERMUND, HH, BRADSHAW, AM, BRAUN, W, RADLIK, W, MCGILP, JF, SOFT-X-RAY PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY OF METAL MOLYBDENUM-DISULFIDE INTERFACES, SURFACE SCIENCE, 152, 1985, p1203 - 1212
MCGILP, JF, MCGOVERN, IT, A SIMPLE SEMIQUANTITATIVE MODEL FOR CLASSIFYING METAL COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACE REACTIVITY, JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B, 3, 1985, p1641 - 1644
MCGILP, JF, ON PREDICTING THE CHEMICAL-REACTIVITY OF METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACES, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS C-SOLID STATE PHYSICS, 17, 1984, p2249 - 2254
ORAIFEARTAIGH, C, MCGILP, JF, CALCULATION OF DIFFERENTIAL SCATTERING CROSS-SECTIONS FOR CLASSICAL BINARY ELASTIC COLLISIONS, COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS, 28, 1983, p255 - 264
I T McGovern, J F McGilp, G J Hughes, A McKinley, R H Williams and D Norman, Soft X-ray photoemission spectroscopy of the chemical reactivity of the metal-GaSe interface, Vacuum, 33, (10-12), 1983, p607 - 612
J F McGilp and P Weightman, Calculation of the electron binding energies of atomic Zn, Cd and Hg: evidence of a many-electron shift in the gas phase X-ray photoemission spectra of core levels, Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics, 13, 1980, p1953 - 1960
J F McGilp and A W Parke, Angle-resolved UPS of GaS, GaSe and GaS0.6Se0.4, physica status solidi (b), 94, 1979, p685 - 689
J F McGilp and P Weightman, The L3M2,3M4,5, L2,3M2,3M2,3 and L3M1M4,5 Auger spectra of Cu, Zn and Ge, Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, 11, 1978, p643 - 650
J F McGilp, P Weightman and E J McGuire, The N6,7O4,5O4,5 Auger spectra of thallium, lead and bismuth, Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, 10, 1977, p3445 - 3460
P Weightman, J F McGilp and C E Johnson, Solid state effects in the quasi-atomic L2,3M4,5M4,5 Auger spectra of zinc, Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, 9, 1976, pL585 - L590
J F McGilp and P Weightman, The L2,3M4,5M4,5 Auger and photoelectron spectra of germanium, Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, 9, 1976, p3541 - 3556
J F McGilp and I G Main, Electrical characteristics of an X-ray photoelectron spectrometer, Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, 6, 1975, p397 - 409
P Burroughs, A Hamnett, J F McGilp and A F Orchard, Radiation damage in some platinum (IV) complexes produced during soft X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic studies, Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions II, 71, 1975, p177 - 187
Research Expertise
Description
Surface and interface physics; epitaxial growth of nanostructured material on planar surfaces; low dimensional magnetic nanostructures. Linear and nonlinear optical response of surfaces, interfaces and ultrathin films. Optical response of capped nanostructures.Projects
- Title
- Band structure engineering of atomic wires on semiconductor surfaces
- Summary
- The electrical properties of nanostructures is of huge importance, because progress in ICT is driven by making electronic devices with smaller active regions that are faster and more energy efficient. Aligned atomic chains of gold have recently been grown on silicon and germanium surfaces by self-assembly. Band-gap engineering of these ultimate atomic nanostructures appears possible, but the physics is controversial. A new interface optical probe, combined with state-of-the-art calculations using high-performance computers, will be used to solve this frontiers research problem and to probe whether band-gap engineered atomic wires can be protected from degradation by capping.
- Funding Agency
- Science foundation Ireland
- Date From
- 1/10/2011
- Date To
- 30/9/15
- Title
- Chiral structures at crystalline interfaces
- Summary
- The molecules of life are chiral. For ICT, advanced materials for biological recognition and biochemical sensing will need chiral molecular structures attached to silicon surfaces to functionalise them. Biological amino acids are levorotatory, but circular dichroism cannot detect chirality in monolayers at surfaces, as the response is very weak. Progress is slow in this important materials area. The project will grow chiral structures on crystalline silicon, gold and silver, using second-harmonic (SH) generation to detect the chirality. Femtosecond laser pulses will be amplified and tuned into electronic resonances at the SH frequency to produce measurable signals without damaging the material.
- Funding Agency
- SFI
- Date From
- 1/7/08
- Date To
- 30/6/11
- Title
- In situ characterization and control of defects at the interface between new high-k dielectric materials and silicon
- Summary
- Progress in ICT requires making electronic devices with smaller active regions, because these are faster and more efficient. Nanoscale features of 45nm on silicon are being developed, requiring SiO2 gate oxides <1nm thick, which then leak by quantum mechanical tunneling. High-k dielectrics offer the possibility of using thicker layers to deliver the required performance with the same chip architecture. Growing new, high-k gate oxide is very difficult and will be optimized by a new application of electric-field-induced second-harmonic generation to make in situ, contactless measurements of the band offset and defect density at the oxide interface during growth.
- Funding Agency
- SFI
- Date From
- 1/6/07
- Date To
- 31/5/10
- Title
- Protecting nanowires grown on planar silicon
- Summary
- Progress in ICT is driven by making electronic devices with ever smaller active regions, because these produce faster and more efficient devices. Aligned atomic wires of indium have been successfully grown on silicon single crystal surfaces by nucleation at atomic steps but, to be useful, such nanowires must be capped by ultra-thin films to protect them from contamination. The interfacial region formed by capping will have a critical effect on the properties of these nanowires. New linear and nonlinear optical techniques, using a femtosecond laser, will be used to probe the crystallographic and electronic structure of this unexplored interfacial region.
- Funding Agency
- SFI
- Date From
- 1/6/06
- Date To
- 31/5/09
- Title
- Nanoscale magnetism in atomic wires protected by capping layers
- Summary
- Progress in ICT is driven by making electronic and magnetic devices with ever smaller active regions, because these produce faster and more efficient devices. Single atomic wires of cobalt, possessing unusual magnetic properties, have been successfully grown on platinum single crystal surfaces but, to be useful, such nanowires must be capped by ultra-thin films to protect them from contamination. The interfacial region formed by capping will affect the properties of these nanoscale magnetic structures. New linear and nonlinear magneto-optic techniques, using a femtosecond laser, will be used to probe the crystallographic and magnetic structure of this critical interfacial region.
- Funding Agency
- SFI
- Date From
- 1/8/05
- Date To
- 31/1/09
Recognition
Awards and Honours
Member of the Royal Irish Academy
Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin
Fellow of the Instutute of Physics
Memberships
Royal Irish Academy, Institute of Physics, American Vacuum Society, Materials Research Society