Dr. Andrew Ferguson
Hitachi Senior Research Fellow
College Research Associate, Clare College
Group: Microelectronics
Address:
Room M217, Microelectronics building,
Cavendish Laboratory,
JJ Thomson Avenue,
Cambridge CB3 0HE.
Tel: +44 (0)1223 337454
Email: ajf1006 "at" cam.ac.uk
Group Secretary / Administrator / Personal Assistant:
Emily Heavens
Tel: +44 (0)1223 337556
Fax: +44 (0)1223 337706
Email: efh33 "at" phy.cam.ac.uk
Biography:
Dr Andrew Ferguson completed his Ph.D. on semiconductor quantum dots at the Cavendish Laboratory in 2003. He subsequently moved to Australia where he worked in the group of Prof. Robert Clark at the University of New South Wales. There he learnt to perform high-frequency electrical measurements on semiconductor and superconducting single electron devices. In 2007 he returned to the Cavendish laboratory to take up the Hitachi Senior Research Fellowship. He collaborates closely with researchers at the Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory.
Research Interests:
Dr Andrew Ferguson's research interest is in nano-spintronics. He applies novel microwave-frequency measurement and nano-fabrication techniques to probe the physics of electron spins. Recently he has been interested in the spin-orbit interaction in ferromagnets, which enables an oscillatory current to drive and measure magnetisation dynamics. In addition he continues to investigate atomic-like systems in semiconductors, in particular focussing on individual dopant atoms in silicon.
Research Group - Microelectronics.
Selected Publications:
D. Fang, H. Kurebayashi, J. Wunderlich, K. Vyborny, L. P. Zarbo, R. P. Campion, A. Casiraghi, B. L. Gallagher, T. Jungwirth and A. J. Ferguson. "Spin-orbit driven ferromagnetic resonance: A nanoscale magnetic characterisation technique". arXiv:1012.2397
M. H. S. Owen, J. Wunderlich, V. Novak, K. Olejnik, J. Zemen, K. Vyborny, S. Ogawa, A. C. Irvine, A. J. Ferguson, H. Sirringhaus and T. Jungwirth "Low-voltage control of ferromagnetism in a semiconductor p–n junction". New J. Phys., 11, 023008 (2009).
A. J. Ferguson. "Quasiparticle cooling of the single Cooper pair transistor". Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 052501 (2008).
S. J. Angus, A. J. Ferguson, A. S. Dzurak and R. G. Clark. "Gate-Defined Quantum Dots in Intrinsic Silicon". Nano Lett. 7, 2051 (2007).
A. J. Ferguson, N. Court, F. E. Hudson and R. G. Clark. "Microsecond resolution of quasiparticle tunneling in the radio frequency single Cooper pair transistor". Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 106603 (2006).
A. J. Ferguson, S. E. Andresen, R. Brenner and R. G. Clark. "Spin dependent quasiparticle transport in aluminum single electron transistors". Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 086602 (2006) .