Thomas M. Crawford, Associate Professor Sumwalt 123A Physics and Astronomy University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina 29208 (803) 777-7151 crawford@physics.sc.edu The Crawford Group Homepage.

To inspire a diverse team of students and faculty to make new discoveries and drive fundamental innovation in single spin nanotechnology.

Selected Publications

T. M. Crawford, R. J. M. van de Veerdonk, M. D. Bedillion, W. Koelmans, A. K. Langzettel, B. P. O’Connor, B. Novotnak, and B. Lane Seven-axis tester with servo-controlled fly-height for magnetic recording metrology. Proc. Of ASPE October 2006.

M. R. Fitzsimmons, T. J. Silva, and T. M. Crawford. Surface oxidation of Permalloy thin films. Phys. Rev. B 73 014420 (2006).

M. Covington, Y. Yang, T. M. Crawford, N. J. Gokemeijer, and M. A. Seigler, Magnetization dynamics driven by spin momentum transfer. Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5843 11 (2005).

N. J. Gokemeijer, T. W. Clinton, T. M. Crawford, and M. Johnson, Direct Measurement of Magnetic Recording Head Field Using a Microscopic InAs Hall Sensor on a Contact Write/Read Tester. J. Magn. Magn. Mat. 290 254 (2005).

N. J. Gokemeijer, T. W. Clinton and T. M. Crawford, and M. Johnson, Recording head metrology at sub-100 nm device dimensions. J. Appl. Phys. 97, 083912 (2005)