Sophie Morley
Research Scientist
Scattering, Photon Science Operations
Responsibilities
Coherent soft x-ray scattering beamline scientist. In charge of beamline 7.0.1.1 with fast soft x-ray detector technology, probing dynamics of condensed matter and quantum systems into the sub-ms regime.
Biographical Information
Employment
| Research Scientist | Advanced Light Source | 2020 – present |
| Postdoc | Advanced Light Source | 2019 – 2020 |
| Postdoc | UC Santa Cruz, USA | 2017 – 2019 |
| Postdoc | University of Leeds, UK | 2015 – 2017 |
Education
| Ph. D., Physics | University of Leeds, UK | 2016 |
| MPhys, Physics | University of Leeds, UK | 2011 |
Research Interests
Electronic and magnetic ordering and coupled phenomena ~ simultaneous scattering and magneto-electrical transport ~ magnetization thermodynamics and phase transitions ~ twisted/non-collinear magnetic textures and chirality ~ nano- and micro- structure ~ strain-driven phenomena ~ nano-patterned materials ~ antiferromagnetic materials ~ reduced dimensionality systems
Selected Publications
“Characterizing Temporal Heterogeneity by Quantifying Nanoscale Fluctuations in Amorphous Fe-Ge Magnetic Films”, A. Singh, E. Hollingworth, S. A. Morley, X. M. Chen, A. Us Saleheen, R. Tumbleson, M. R. McCarter, P. Fischer, F. Hellman, S. D. Kevan, S. Roy, Adv. Func. Mat. (2023) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202300224
(Editor’s Suggestion) “Antiferromagnetic real-space configuration probed by dichroism in scattered x-ray beams with orbital angular momentum”, M. R. McCarter, A. I. U. Saleheen, A. Singh, R. Tumbleson, J. S. Woods, A. S. Tremsin, A. Scholl, L. E. De Long, J. Todd Hastings, S. A. Morley, and S. Roy, Phys. Rev. B 107, L060407 (2023) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.107.L060407
“Subterahertz spin pumping from an insulating antiferromagnet”, P. Vaidya, S. A. Morley, …, D. Lederman, E. Del Barco, Science 368,160 (2020) DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz4247
“Epitaxial strain and the magnetic properties of canted antiferromagnetic perovskite NaNiF3 thin films”, S. A. Morley, H. Marquez, D. Lederman, APL Materials 8, 011101, (2020) DOI: 10.1063/1.5126601
“Frustration and thermalization in an artificial magnetic quasicrystal”, D. Shi, Z. Budrikis, A. Stein, S. A. Morley, P. D. Olmsted, G. Burnell, C. H. Marrows, Nature Physics 14, 309 (2019) DOI: 10.1038/s41567-017-0009-4
“Vogel-Fulcher-Tammann freezing of a thermally fluctuating artificial spin ice probed by x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy”, S. A. Morley, D. Alba Venero, J. M. Porro, … C. H. Marrows, Physical Review B 95, 104422 (2017) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.95.104422