SUNY Buffalo State

Our research focuses on investigating low-dimensional electronic and magnetic materials – including multiferroics, correlated electron systems, charge-density-wave materials, transition metal oxides, and semiconductors – utilizing optical techniques, magneto-optical, electro-optical, and transport measurements.

We are particularly interested in the growth and characterization of thin films for multiferroics and wide-band-gap semiconductors using experimental methods such as vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM), optical spectroscopy, resistivity, and dielectric analysis. Thin films are deposited via RF Magnetron Sputtering and evaluated for structural properties. To investigate magnetic, electrical, and magneto-optical behavior, we employ a DynaCool PPMS (Quantum Design). Our optical studies (energy range: 0.4 – 6.5 eV) focus on electronic structures, spin-lattice-charge coupling processes, phase transitions, and structural properties.