Professor Sean Giblin
Joint Director of International
Condensed Matter and Photonics Group
- giblinsr@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 6277
- WX/1.06, Queen's Buildings - West Building Extension, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
I am currently a Professor in Physics, and enjoy researching many aspects of superconductivity and magnetism. I enjoy probing these materials with both bulk and local probes to understand the properties of materials. I use neutrons and muons to probe magnetic frustrated spin systems and have recently built a unique high frequency ac susceptometer to probe spin dynamics in a frequency range which has been difficult to achieve.
I have recently started to investigate diamond with the goal of probing new physics as the quantum limit is approached.
Biography
Professional Memberships.
- Institue of Physics.
- Triumf CMMS review panel (Canada).
Honours and awards
Committee Member of ML-PAC of RIKEN Nishina Center (2012)Member of the Facility Access Panel for ISIS (2012.. )
Publications
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PX 3142 - Third Year Condensed Matter Physics.
Second year labs.
1st year tutorials.
2nd year tutor.
3rd and 4th year projects
I am interested in magnetic systems and study them using magnetometry and central facility techniques, which include muons, neutrons and X-rays. I work international facilities and have built an ultra low temperature (<100mK) magnetic lab in Cardiff to compliment these investigations. I have in the past spent a lot of time investigating frustrated systems; including spin ice which has recently been described as an emergent source of magnetic monpoles in a condensed matter setting. I also investigate correlated electron systems in both bulk and thin films, an area which has great potential technological applications.
I have recently started to work on the properties of superconducting diamond in an attempt to make devices that can approach the quantum limit
Supervision
- Magnetism.
- Superconductivity.
- Low Temperature Physics.
- Muons.
Current supervision
Past projects
Majdi Salman
Ed Riordan
Matt Hunt
Jessica Werrell
Daniel Margineda