Dr. Debra Kaiser
Division Chief

Current Research Interests

• Metalorganic deposition of dielectric thin films by spin coating
  See also: Metalorganic Deposition
• Phase characterization in thin films
  See also: Amorphous Phases
• Combinatorial methods for thin films: library fabrication and characterization
• Magneto-optical imaging of flux flow in high T_c compounds

Prior Research Activities

• Chemical vapor deposition and structural characterization of ferroelectric thin films
• Flux growth and characterization of YBa₂Cu₃O₇ single crystals
• Structure and property measurements of detwinned YBa₂Cu₃O₇ single crystals

Biographical Information

• Education

Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Metallurgy, 1985.

M.S., Colorado School of Mines, Metallurgical Engineering, 1980.

B.S., Lehigh University, Materials Science, 1979.

• Employment History

8/99 - present: NIST, Ceramics Division, Group Leader, Thin Film Characterization and Properties; Program Leader: Ceramic Thin Film Measurements and Standards

8/88-7/99: NIST, Ceramics Division, Materials Research Engineer

1/88-7/88: IBM Watson Research Center, Consultant

9/85 - 12/87: IBM Watson Research Center, Postdoctoral Associate

Selected Publications

• "Effect of Film Composition on the Orientation of (Ba,Sr)TiO₃ Grains in (Ba,Sr)_yTiO_2+y Thin Films," D. L. Kaiser, M. D. Vaudin, L. D. Rotter, J. E. Bonevich, I. Levin, J. T. Armstrong, A. L. Roytburd, and D. G. Schlom, J. Mater. Res. 14, 4657 (1999).
• "Accommodation of Excess Ti in a (Ba,Sr)TiO₃ Thin Film With 53.5 % Ti Deposited on Pt/SiO₂/Si by MOCVD", I. Levin, R.D. Leapman, D.L. Kaiser, P.C. Van Buskirk, S. Bilodeau, and R. Carl, Appl. Phys. 75, 1299 (1999).
  See also: APL012
• "Detection of Internal Electric Fields BaTiO₃ Thin Films by Optical Second Harmonic Generation", L. D. Rotter and D. L. Kaiser, Integr. Ferroelectr. 22, 153 (1998).
• "Effect of Filament Architecture on Magnetic Flux Distributions in Multifilamentary (Bi,Pb)₂Sr₂Ca₂Cu₃O_x (BSCCO)/Ag Composites", D. L. Kaiser, M. Turchinskaya, G. N. Riley, Jr., and C. Christopherson, J. Mater. Res. 12, 3074 (1997).
• "Non-destructive Magneto-optical Imaging Analysis of Superconducting (Bi,Pb)₂Sr₂CaCu₃O_x Composites," M. Turchinskaya, A. Shapiro, G. N. Riley, Jr., C. Christopherson and D. L. Kaiser, J. Mater. Res. 11, 1597 (1996).
• "Anomalous Second Harmonic Generation in BaTiO₃ Thin Films," L. D. Rotter, D. L. Kaiser and M. D. Vaudin, Appl. Phys. Lett. 68, 310 (1996).
• "Epitaxial Growth of BaTiO₃ Thin Films on (100) MgO Substrates at 600 °C by Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition," D. L. Kaiser, M. D. Vaudin, L. D. Rotter, Z. L. Wang, J. P. Cline, C. S. Hwang, R. B. Marinenko, and J. G. Gillen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 66, 2801 (1995).
• "Weak-link-free Behavior of High-Angle YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x Grain Boundaries at High Fields," S.E. Babcock, X.Y. Cai, D.L. Kaiser, and D.C. Larbalestier, Nature 347, 167 (1990).
• "Direct Evidence for an Effect of Twin Boundaries on Flux Pinning in Single-Crystal YBa₂Cu₃O_6+x," L.J. Swartzendruber, A. Roitburd, D.L. Kaiser, F.W. Gayle and L.H. Bennett, Phys. Rev. Lett 64, 483 (1990).
• "Thermomechanical Detwinning of Superconducting YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x Single Crystals," D. L. Kaiser, F.W. Gayle, R.S. Roth and L.J. Swartzendruber, J. Matls. Res. 4, 745 (1989).
• "Growth of YBa₂Cu₃O_x Single Crystals," D.L. Kaiser, F. Holtzberg, B.A. Scott and T.R. McQuire, Appl. Phys. Lett. 51, 1040 (1987).