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Professor

Kwo, J. Raynien
 
 
Office:886-3-5742800(PHYS R225)
Laboratory:Advanced Thin Film Low Temperature Measurement Lab/
                        Novel Materials Core Facility Oxide Epitaxy Lab 
Lab Tel: 03-571-5131-x 62446, and x 33225
(room 205, 206, 209)
Fax:886-3-5723052

E-mail:raynien@phys.nthu.edu.tw


  Education
  1. 1977-1981, Ph.D. Applied Physics, Stanford University, U.S.A.
  2. 1975-1977, M.S. Applied Physics, Stanford University, U.S.A.
  3. 1971-1975, B.S. Physics, National Taiwan University, R.O.C.
  Professional Experience
  Current position:
  1. Vice President of International Union of Physics and Applied Physics, and C10 Chair (2015-2017)
  2. Board member of National Research Labs, (2015-2017)
  3. Distinguished Chair Professor, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan (8/2008-now)
  4. Professor, Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan (6/2003-now)
  Experience:
  1. Vice President for Research and Development, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan(2016/8-2017/3)
  2. Director, Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (1/2010–7/2012)
  3. Director, Center for Fundamental Science Research, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan (8/2008–12/2009)
  4. Director, The Physical Society of the Republic of China (Taiwan), (1/2008–12/2009)
  5. Director, Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan (8/2005–8/2008)
  6. Natural Science Chair Professorship, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan (8/2004–7/2008)
  7. Senior Advisor, Electronics and Optoelectronics Research Institute, Industrial Technology Research Institute, (4/2003–4/2005)
  8. Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Electronic Research Laboratory, Agere Systems, New Jersey, (7/2000–5/2003)
  9. Member of Technical Staff, Physical Research Division, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, (6/1981–6/2000)
  Honors and Awards
  1. The 20th National Chair Professor, Ministry of Education (12/2016).
  2. Taiwan, 8th Outstanding Woman Scientist Award (3/2015).
  3. Elected among Top 100 Women Worldwide with profiles in a book entitled as “Inspirational Profiles of Successful Women: Ceramic and Glass Scientists and Engineers”, publisher by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2015).
  4. Outstanding Alumni of National Taiwan University, Department of Physics, (12/2014–now).
  5. Fellow, American Physical Society, Division of Materials Physics. The citation reads: “For her outstanding work in developing novel electronic materials using innovative fabrication techniques, especially her pioneering work that laid the foundation for the field of artificial magnetic superlattices.” (11/2009–now).
  6. National Tsing Hua University, Distinguished Chair Professor, (8/2008–now).
  7. National Taiwan University, Chair Professor, (1/2010–7/2012).
  8. National Taiwan University, Distinguished Professor, (1/2010–7/2012).
  9. Fellow, Republic of China Physical Society (1/2005–now).
  10. National Tsing Hua University Natural Science Chair Professor, (8/2004–7/2008).
  11. Outstanding Scholar Chair of the Outstanding Scholar Foundation (2/2004–2/2009).
  12. National Tsing Hua University, TSMC Chair Professor (8/2003–1/2004).
  13. 2001 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff (DMTS) Award for seminal research achievements by Research, Agere Systems, formerly Bell Laboratories. The citation reads: “In recognition of her outstanding technical contributions and for her consistent performance, thought leadership, and positive impact to the business.”
  14. 746 th among the ISI's 1120 Most Cited Physicists (1981–1997) ranked by total citations in physics, astrophysics, materials science, chemical physics, and the related fields. (http://pcb4122.univ-lemans.fr/1120physiciens.html).
  15. CEEE Outstanding Paper Award, Center of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 1989.
  Research Fields
    1. Materials physics of thin films by advanced molecular beam epitaxy
    2. Spintronics
    3. Gate dielectrics for Si and III-V semiconductors
    4. High temperature superconducting films
    5. Magnetic superlattices and heterostructures
  Research Interests and achievement
  Updated on October 6, 2016
  My research has primarily been exploring the frontier of physics in novel materials by advanced thin film preparation techniques. During my tenure in Bell Lab Physical Research over a span of 22 years, the earlier representative work was magnetic superlattices by the invention of metal molecular beam epitaxy in 1981-86. The pioneer work on synthetic rare earth magnetic superlattices demonstrated for the first time the modulation effect of magnetic properties by artificial layering, and invented the notion of "magnetronics”.
  During 1987-92, high temperature superconducting perovskite oxide films was the main focus by inventing oxide molecular beam epitaxy, and this has led to studies of anisotropic superconducting properties in layered cooperates, and understanding of the fundamental HTSC mechanism.
  Since 1993, my interest has shifted toward high dielectric constant (κ) oxides for nano electronic and photonic applications. Two new transparent conducting oxides were discovered for modern display and electro-optical devices. During last decade major efforts were devoted to high κ dielectric film synthesis for DRAMs, wireless communication, and recently gate oxide applications. The discovery of a mixed oxide for compound semiconductors passivation demonstrated for the first time the long sought GaAs-based MOSFETs, now considered as a viable technology replacing Si CMOS in near future. Another program being developed is the spintronics research to study dilutely doped magnetic oxides based on high κ dielectrics, spin polarization analysis by Andreev Reflection, and spin injection and dynamics in Datta-Das Spin FET made of half metals and compound semiconductors. In novel spintronics research, I have expanded my research towards a new class of quantum matters, topological insulators (TIs), based on their exotic properties and the future applications in low-dissipation electronic devices and quantum computing. We investigate the ferromagnetic insulator/TI and ferromagnetic metal/TI magnetic heterostructures harnessing the helical spin texture of topological surface states of strong 3D-TIs by spin pumping and spin torque FMR techniques. Electrical field effect in a high k gate device is implemented to enable direct manipulations of helical spin textures of the TI surface states in both Dirac cones for realization of all-electric spintronics.

 

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