Thanks for visiting my profile. I am a PhD candidate in the department of Physics at the University of Kentucky and expected to finish my PhD by Fall 2014. My research is focussed on studying static and dynamic properties of periodic and aperiodic metamaterials.
Education
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, PhD Candidate, Physics, 2014, GPA: 3.9 Out of 4.0, PhD expected by Fall 2014.
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 2009
M.S., Physics (GPA: 3.9 / 4.0)
University of Mumbai (Bombay), Bombay, India 2004
M.S., Physics
Academic Experience
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky – 40506
Research Assistant 2009 to Present
Project: Study of static and dynamic properties of periodic and aperiodic metamaterials
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky - 40506
Teaching Assistant 2006 to 2009
Taught introductory physics recitations and labs to undergraduates.
Research Skills
• Nanofabrication: 6 years of extensive experience in electron Beam lithography (EBL), scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Devised a novel procedure, to write large arrays of antidots (non-magnetic region in magnetic media), with different shapes and sizes, in a short amount of time.
• Thin Film Characterization: using SQUID magnetometer and ellipsometer
• Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD): 6 years of experience in thin-film deposition, using DC/RF magnetron sputtering, and electron beam evaporator, of ferromagnetic (permalloy, nickel, cobalt etc.), superconducting (Niobium), and non- magnetic (silicon) thin films on semiconductor (silicon) substrate.
• Magneto-Dynamics Measurement: using narrowband and broadband ferromagnetic resonance (FMR).
• Simulation: Performed micromagnetic simulations study of FMR spectra using OOMMF and RKMAG micromagnetic code in Linux environment. Performed microwave antenna and waveguide simulation in CST Studio and HFSS.
• Developed own micromagnetic code in MATLAB, to simulate FMR spectra.
• Data Analysis: Plotting and preliminary data analysis using Mathematica, OriginLab, SigmaPlot, and Microsoft Office.
Presentations
• Invited Talk in American Physical Society (APS) Conference, Denver, 2014
• Invited Talk in International Superconductivity Conference, Greece, 2013
• International Conference on Microwave Magnetics, Germany, 2012
• Contributed Talk in APS Conference, Baltimore, MD, 2013
• Contributed Talk in APS Conference, Boston, MA, 2012.
• Contributed Talk in APS Conference, Dallas, Texas, 2011
• Poster Presentation – Magnetism Materials Conference, Denver, 2014 (Best poster prize award reciepient).
• Poster Presentation – Magnetism Materials Conference, Chicago, 2013.
Affiliations
• Member - American Physical Society (APS), IEEE
Publications :
1) V. Bhat, J. Sklenar, B. Farmer, J. Woods, J. Hastings, S. Lee, J. Ketterson, L. De Long, Controlled Magnetic Reversal in Permalloy Films Patterned into Artificial Quasicrystals, Physical Review Letters 111, 077201 (2013). (Also selected for the cover of the Physical Review Letters)
2) V. Bhat, J. Sklenar, B. Farmer, J. Woods, J. Ketterson, J. Hastings, L. De Long, Ferromagnetic Resonance Study of Eightfold Artificial Ferromagnetic Quasicrystals, Journal of Applied Physics 115, 17C502 (2014).
3) V. Bhat, A. Balk, B. Farmer, E. Teipel, N. Smith, J. Unguris, L. De Long, Direct Imaging of Complex Spin Ice Behavior in Artificial Ferromagnetic Quasicrystals, (to be submitted to Nature Physics) (2014).
4) V. Bhat, J. Sklenar, A. Balk, B. Farmer, E. Teipel, N. Smith, J. B. Ketterson, J. Unguris, L. De Long, Static and Dynamic Magnetization Study of Artificial Ferromagnetic Quasicrystals, (to be submitted to Physical Review B) (2014).
5) V. Bhat, B. Farmer, E. Teipel, N. Smith, J. Woods , J. Sklenar, J. Ketterson, J. Hastings, L. De Long, Nonstochastic Switching and Emergence of Magnetic Vortices in Artificial Quasicrystalline Spin Ice, (accepted in Physica C) (2014).
6) B. Farmer, V. Bhat, J. Sklenar, J. Woods, E. Teipel, N. Smith, J. Ketterson, J. Hastings, L. De Long, Nonstochastic Magnetic Reversal in Artificial Quasicrystalline Spin Ice, Journal of Applied Physics 115, 17E133 (2014).
7) V. Bhat, J. Woods, B. Farmer, L. De Long, J. Hastings, J. Sklenar, J. Ketterson, Observation of Robust FMR in Permalloy Quasiperiodic Arrays, Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on 49, 3101-3104 (2013).
8) J. Sklenar, V. Bhat, L. DeLong, J. Ketterson, Broadband Ferromagnetic Resonance Studies on an Artificial Square Spin-ice Island Array, Journal of Applied Physics 113, 17B530 (2013).
9) V. Bhat, J. Woods, B. Farmer, L. De Long, J. Hastings, J. Sklenar, J. Ketterson, FMR Study of Permalloy Films Patterned into Square Lattices of Diamond Antidots, Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on 49, 3101-3104 (2013).
10) J. Sklenar, V. Bhat, L. DeLong, O. Heinonen, J. Ketterson, Strongly Localized Magnetization Modes in Permalloy Antidot Lattices. Applied Physics Letters 102, 152412 (2013).
11) V. Bhat, J. Woods, L. De Long, J. Hastings, V. Metlushko, K. Rivkin, O. Heinonen, J. Sklenar, J. Ketterson, Broad-band FMR study of Ferromagnetic Thin Films Patterned with Antidot Lattices. Physica C: Superconductivity, (2012).
12) J. Sklenar, V. Bhat, C. Tsai, L. DeLong, J. Ketterson, Generating wave vector specific Damon-Eshbach spin waves in Py using a diffraction grating. Applied Physics Letters 101, 052404 (2012).
13) V. Bhat, J. Woods, J. Hastings, L. De Long, J. Sklenar, J. Ketterson, O. Heinonen, K. Rivkin, V. Metlushko, in Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), 2011 International Conference on. (IEEE, 2011), pp. 718-721.
14) L. E. De Long, S. Kryukov, V. Bhat, V. Metlushko, M. Stoutimore, D. Van Harlingen, Staircase Magnetization Anomalies in Superconducting Pb/Au Bilayer Films Patterned with Antidot Lattices. Physica C: Superconductivity 470, 739-743 (2010).
