Tom Driscoll

CV

Department of Physics
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, California, 92037
Phone: 858.442.3298
Fax: 858.246.0112
Email: tdriscol@physics.ucsd.edu

Tom Driscoll, Ph.D.

Education/Employment

Post-doc researcher University of California San Diego         (Jan 2009 to present)
Ph.D.  Physics    University of California San Diego               (2008)
M.S.  Physics     University of California San Diego               (2005)
Stampy Consulting.  CTO & laser systems consultant.            (2001 to present)
B.S.  Physics. Harvey Mudd College, CA                                  (2001)

Current Research

· Spectroscopic Investigation of novel electromagnetic properties of metamaterials including artificial-magnetism, negative index of refraction, and electromagnetic cloaking.

· Design and testing of metamaterial sensor devices and applications.

· Memristive systems for information storage and neuromorphic learning circuits.

· Investigation of memory-capacitance and memory-inductance effects and how they arise in nanoscale systems.

Publications

7: Memory Metamaterials

T. Driscoll, Hyun-Tak Kim, Byung-Gyu Chae, Bong-Jun Kim, Yong-Wook Lee, N. Marie Jokerst, S. Palit, D. R. Smith,

M. Di Ventra, D. N. Basov. Science 325, 1518 (2009)

 

6: Phase-transition Controlled Memristor

T. Driscoll. H.T. Kim, M. DiVentra, D.N. Basov. arXiv cond-mat 0901.0899v2. Appl. Phys. Lett. 95,043503 (2009)

 

5: Dynamic tuning of an infrared hybrid-metamaterial resonance using vanadium dioxide
T. Driscoll, S. Palit, M.M. Qazilbash, M. Brehm, F. Keilman, B.G. Chae, H.T. Kin, N. Marie-Jokerst, D.R. Smith, D.N. Basov.  Appl. Phys Lett.  93, 024101 )2008)

 

4: Tuned permeability in terahertz split-ring resonators for devices and sensors. 

T. Driscoll, G. O. Andreev, D. N. Basov, S. Palit, Tong Ren, Jack Mock, Sang-Yeon Cho, Nan Marie Jokerst, and D. R. Smith, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 092508 (2007)

 

3: Quantitative investigation of a terahertz artificial magnetic resonance using oblique angle spectroscopy. 

T. Driscoll, G. O. Andreev, D. N. Basov, S. Palit, Tong Ren, Jack Mock, Sang-Yeon Cho, Nan Marie Jokerst, and D. R. Smith, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 092508 (2007)

 

2: Electromagnetic characterization of planar metamaterials by oblique angle spectroscopic measurements 
T. Driscoll, D. N. Basov, W. J. Padilla, J. J. Mock, and D. R. Smith, Phys. Rev. B 75, 115114 (2007)

 

 

1: Free space microwave focusing by a negative index gradient lens. 
T. Driscoll, D. N. Basov, A. F. Starr, P. M. Rye, S. Nemat-Nasser, D. Schurig, and D. R. Smith, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 081101. (2006)

Presentations

 

8: Inhomogeneity in VO2: memristance and other phenomena
Cal-State Long beach, physics dept colloquium – invited (2009)

 

7: Near-field infrared nanoscopy: inhomogeneous materials and effective medium
SPIE Optics and photonics – invited (2009)

6: Hybrid metamaterials for dynamic tuning
APS March meeting (2008).

 

5: Metamaterial experimental characterization techniques.
APS March meeting (2007).

 

4: Free space microwave focusing by a negative-index gradient lens.
SPIE Optics and Photonics (2006).

 

3: Free space microwave focusing by a negative-index gradient lens.
APS March meeting (2006).  

 

2: Advances in metamaterial fabrication techniques.
MURI proposal presentation to Charles Lee  (2005).

 

1: Metamaterials and negative index of refraction.
Given for G.W. Whitesides research group, Harvard  (2005).

To download a pdf copy of my CV or Resume