James A. Bain, Ph.D

PhD, 2017

"Study of the Crystallization Dynamics and Threshold Voltage of Phase Change Materials for Use in Reconfigurable RF Switches and Non-volatile Memories."

PhD, 2016 (Co-advisor: J. Weldon)

"S-type Negative Differential Resistance: Memory and Oscillators for Next-Generation Computation."

PhD, 2016 (Co-advisor: T.E. Schlesinger)

"Four-Terminal RF Phase Change Switches: Design, Optimization and Fabrication."

PhD, 2012 (Phys, co-advisor: D. Ricketts)

"Tip Based Nanofabrication Using Multi-mode Scanning Probe Microscopy."

PhD, 2012 (Co-advisor: D. Stancil)

"Heat assisted magnetic recording near field transducer analysis and design."

PhD, 2012 (Co-advisor: T.E. Schlesinger)

"Investigation of electroforming  characteristics of TiO2 based resistance switching devices."

PhD, 2012 (Co-advisor: T.E. Schlesinger)

"Phase change materials on metals: crystallization behavior and applications in magnetic stacks."

PhD, 2011 (Co-advisor: T.E. Schlesinger)

"Development of Phase Change Switches with Low Resistance in the 'ON state'"

PhD, 2011 (Co-advisor: T.E. Schlesinger)

"Superlattice-like Structures with Nitrogen-doped Germanium-AntimonyTelluride
for Phase Change Random Access Memory."

PhD, 2010 (Co-advisor: T.E. Schlesinger)

"Optical path integration in heat assisted magnetic recording."

PhD, 2009 (MechE)

"Probe Reconfigurable Phase Change Material Switches."

PhD, 2007 (Co-advisor: T.E. Schlesinger)

"Adjacent track aging in heat assisted magnetic recording."

PhD, 2007 (Co-advisor: T.E. Schlesinger)

"Planar optical devices for light concentration in heat assisted magnetic recording head."

PhD, 2007 (Phys)

"Experimental measurements of the magnetic recording head high frequency response and comparison to quantitative models."

PhD, 2005

"Magnetic domain structure control in patterned FeCo thin films using intrinsic and externally applied stresses."

PhD, 2005 (Phys, co-advisor: J. Zhu)

"Characterization of heat-assisted magnetic probe recording on CoNi/Pt multilayers."

PhD, 2005 (Co-advisor: M. Kryder)

"Study of magnetostatic mode waves using scanning Kerr imaging."

PhD, 2001

"Kerr imaging of soft magnetic transducer films for measuring head fields."

PhD, 2002 (Co-advisor: V. Bhagavatula)

"Characterization and mitigation of dropouts in magnetic tape recording : a read channel perspective."

PhD, 2002

"Using high moment FeXN thin films in recording head poles: materials, design, fabrication and characterization."

PhD, 2001

"Focused-Ion-Beam Processing of Magnetic Materials for Magnetic Recording Heads."