Malgorzata Dobrowolska - Furdyna

Professor,
Condensed Matter Physics

Research Interests

Professor   Dobrowolska-Furdyna's research interests involve magnetospectroscopy of semiconductor heterostructures, i.e., systems composed of ultrathin layers of different semiconductor compounds, with thicknesses in the range of a few atomic monolayers. Such an arrangement leads to new effects which are of great interest both in fundamental physics and in device applications. Magnetospectroscopic studies provide important insights into the electronic structures and optical properties of these novel systems.

Most recently her interest has focused on structures in which some of the layers are magnetic which also affords the possibility of investigating the effect of reduced dimensionality on magnetic properties of such structures.

Selected Publications

“Origin of Magnetic Circular Dichroism in GaMnAs: Giant Zeeman Splitting versus Spin Dependent Density of States,” M. Berciu, R. Chakarvorty, Y.Y. Zhou, M.T. Alam, K. Traudt, R. Jakiela, A. Barcz, T. Wojtowicz, X. Liu, J.K. Furdyna, and M. Dobrowolska, Physical Review Letters 102, 247202 (2009).

“Spin-polarizable excitonic luminescence in colloidal Mn2+-doped CdSe quantum dots,” R. Beaulac, P.I. Archer, X. Liu, S. Lee, G.M. Salley, M. Dobrowolska, J.K. Furdyna, D.R. Gamelin, Nano Letters 8, 1197-1201 (2008).

“Scaling of the anomalous Hall effect in low Mn concentration (Ga,Mn)As,” S. Shen, X. Liu, Z. Ge, J.K. Furdyna, M. Dobrowolska, and J. Jaroszynski, J. Appl. Phys. 103, 07D134 (2008).

“Common origin of ferromagnetism and band edge Zeeman splitting in GaMnAs at low Mn concentrations,” R. Chakarvorty, S. Shen, K.J. Yee, T. Wojtowicz, R. Jakiela, A. Barcz, X. Liu, J.K. Furdyna, M. Dobrowolska, Applied Physics Letters 91, 171118 (2007)

Honors and Activities

• Fellow, American Physical Society
• Kaneb Teaching Award (2005)
• Rev. Edmund P. Joyce award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (2008)
  
  

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