Selected Articles

1. T. McKinnon, B. Heinrich, E. Girt, "Spacer layer thickness and temperature dependence of interlayer exchange coupling in Co/Ru/Co trilayer structures, Phys. Rev. B 104, 024422 (2021).
2. Z. R. Nunn, C. Abert, D. Suess, E. Girt, "Control of the noncollinear interlayer exchange coupling", Sci. Adv. 6, 1-7 (2020).
3. P. Omelchenko, B. Heinrich, E. Girt, "Measurements of interlayer exchange coupling of Pt in Py|Pt|Py system", Appl. Phys. Lett., 113, 142401 (2018).
4. M. Arora, R. Hübner, D. Suess, B. Heinrich, E. Girt, "Origin of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in Co/Ni multilayers", Phys. Rev. B 96, 024401 (2017).
5. M. Arora, N. R. Lee-Hone, T. Mckinnon, C. Coutts, R. Hübner, B. Heinrich, D. M. Broun, E. Girt, "Magnetic properties of Co/Ni multilayer structures for use in STT-RAM", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 50, 505003 (2017).
6. E. Montoya, P. Omelchenko, C. Coutts, N. R. Lee-Hone, R. Hübner, D. Broun, B. Heinrich, E. Girt, "Spin transport in tantalum studied using magnetic single and double layers", Phys. Rev. B 94, 054416 (2016).
7. C. Eyrich, A. Zamani, W. Huttema, M. Arora, D. Harrison, F. Rashidi, D. Broun, B. Heinrich, O. Mryasov, M. Ahlberg, O. Karis, P. E. Jonsson, M. From, X. Zhu, E. Girt, "Effects of substitution on the exchange stiffness and magnetization of Co films", Phys. Rev. B 90, 235408, (2014).
8. B. Heinrich, C. Burrowes, E. Montoya, B. Kardasz, E. Girt, Y. Song, Y. Sun, M. Wu, "Spin Pumping at the Magnetic Insulator (YIG)/Normal Metal (Au) Interfaces", Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 066604 (2011).

Patents

Patents at SFU

1. Z. Nunn, E. Girt, "Magnetic coupling layers, structures comprising magnetic coupling layers and methods for fabricating and/or using same", Country USA, Patent # 11,025,200, issued on June 1, 2021.
2. Z. Nunn, E. Girt, "Applications of non-collinearly coupled magnetic layers", Country USA, Patent # 10,446,208, issued on Oct 15, 2019.
3. Z. Nunn, E. Girt, "Applications of non-collinearly coupled magnetic layers", Country USA, Patent # 10,204,671, issued on Feb 12, 2019.
4. T. McKinnon, E. Girt, "Ferroelectric memory device and fabrication process thereof, and methods for operation thereof", Country USA, Patent # 9,449,979, issued on Nov 20, 2016.

Applied

1. US Pat. App. 16/562,337
2. CA Pat. App. 2,998,012
3. TW Pat. App. 201842517
4. CN Pat. App. 110603618A

Books and Book Chapters

1. Bretislav Heinrich, Pavlo Omelchenko, Erol Girt, "Basics of Nano-thin Film Magnetism", chapter in Handbook of Spin Transport and Magnetism, 2nd Edition, published by CRC Press (2019). (34 pages).

Recent Articles Published in International Journals

1. J. Besler, S. Myrtle, E. Girt, "Noncollinear interlayer exchange coupling across IrFe spacer layers", J. Magn. Magn. Mat. 585, 171109 (2023).
2. Z. Nunn, J. Besler, P. Omelchenko, S. Koraltan, C. Abert, D. Suess, Erol Girt, "Controlling the angle between magnetic moments of Co layers in Co|RuCo|Co", J. Appl. Phys. 133, 123901 (2023).
3. P. Omelchenko, E. Wadge, J. Besler, E. Girt, B. Heinrich, "A continuous model of magnetic moment distribution in a system with bilinear and biquadratic coupling", J. Appl. Phys. 132, 173905 (2022).
4. C. Abert, S. Koraltan, F. Bruckner, F. Slanovc, J. Besler, P. Omelchenko, Erol Girt, Dieter Suess, "Origin of noncollinear magnetization coupling across RuX layers", Phys. Rev. B 106, 054401 (2022).
5. T. McKinnon, B. Heinrich, E. Girt, "Thermally Robust Synthetic Antiferromagnetic Fixed Layers Containing FeCoB for use in STT-MRAM Devices", J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 546, 168646 (2022).
6. P. Omelchenko, E. A. Montoya, E. Girt, B. Heinrich, "Observation of Pure-Spin-Current Diodelike Effect at the Au/Pt Interface", Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 137201(2021).
7. T. McKinnon, B. Heinrich, E. Girt, "Spacer layer thickness and temperature dependence of interlayer exchange coupling in Co/Ru/Co trilayer structures, Phys. Rev. B 104, 024422 (2021).
8. Z. R. Nunn, C. Abert, D. Suess, E. Girt, "Control of the noncollinear interlayer exchange coupling", Sci. Adv. 6, 1-7 (2020).
9. P. Omelchenko, E. Girt, B. Heinrich, "Interlayer exchange coupling, spin pumping and spin transport in metallic magnetic single and bilayer structures", J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 131, 113 (2020).
10. Tommy McKinnon, Rene Huubner, Bret Heinrich, Erol Girt, “The role of boron on exchange coupling in NiFe/Ru_1-xB_x/FeCo trilayer structures”, J. Appl. Phys. 127, 053902 (2020).
11. Pavlo Omelchenko, Erol Girt, Bret Heinrich, “Test of spin pumping into proximity polarized Pt by in-phase and out-of-phase pumping in Py/Pt/Py”, Phys. Rev. B 100, 144418 (2019).
12. Tommy McKinnon, Erol Girt, “Exchange coupling in FeCoB/Ru,Mo/FeCoB trilayer structures”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 113, 192407 (2018).
13. Pavlo Omelchenko, Bret Heinrich, Erol Girt, “Measurements of interlayer exchange coupling of Pt in Py|Pt|Py system”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 113, 142401 (2018).
14. Tommy McKinnon, Pavlo Omelchenko, Bret Heinrich, Erol Girt, “FMR study of interlayer exchange coupling in FeCoB|Ta|FeCoB trilayers with in-plane anisotropy”, J. Appl. Phys., 123, 223903 (2018).
15. Chris Coutts, Monika Arora, René Hübner, Bret Heinrich, Erol Girt, “Magnetic properties of Co/Ni grain boundaries after annealing”, AIP Adv. 8, 056318 (2018).