Dr. Jonathan White
Instrument scientist SANS-I, Pressure Devices
Paul Scherrer Institute
Forschungsstrasse 111
5232 Villigen PSI
Switzerland
Forschungsstrasse 111
5232 Villigen PSI
Switzerland
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Professional Course
| Since 2016 | Staff Scientist (Tenured), Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH | |
| 2013-2016 | Tenure-Track Scientist, Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH | |
| 2011-2013 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Laboratory for Quantum Magnetism, EPFL, CH | link |
| 2009-2013 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Laboratory for Neutron Scattering, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH | |
| 2006-2009 | Ph.D. studies, Condensed Matter Physics Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, UK Ph.D. Thesis: SANS Investigations of the Flux Line Lattice in Unconventional Superconductors |
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| 2006 | Summer Stagiaire Programme, Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, FR | link |
| 2002-2006 | MSci in Physics at the University of Birmingham, UK Masters Thesis: Hybrid Device Structures Based on Normal Metal - High Temperature Superconductor Contacts |
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Interests and Responsibilities
My principal scientific interests are in experimental Condensed Matter Physics, where I use mainly neutron scattering to attack various problems. Topics of current interest include:
- Topological magnetism in non-centrosymmetric lattices
- Microscopic mechanisms for magnetoelectric coupling
- New routes towards coupled ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity in both thin film and bulk materials
- Interaction between superconductivity and other orders
- Realization of challenging experiments, e.g. complex sample environments, small sample volumes, pressure experiments.
- Responsible for the SANS-I instrument at SINQ.
- Responsible for high pressure neutron sample environment at SINQ.
Funded Projects
- Title:Discovery and Nanoengineering of Novel Skyrmion-hosting materials, Role: co-PI (with Prof. D. Grundler (EPFL, PI), Prof. O. Yazyev (EPFL, co-PI) and Prof. M. Poggio (UBasel, co-PI)), Sponsor: SNSF (Sinergia), Funds: 2.7 MCHF (personal share 0.7 MCHF), Oct 2017 to Sep 2021 - Project website hosted by EPFL
- Title:Exploration of emerging magnetoelectric coupling effects in new materials, Role: PI, Sponsor: SNSF (Project), Funds: 0.2 MCHF, Jul 2015 to Jun 2018
Selected papers from own research
Full list at ResearcherID.com
Multiple-q noncollinear magnetism in an itinerant hexagonal magnet
R. Takagi, J.S. White, S. Hayami, R. Arita, D. Honecker, H.M. Rønnow, Y. Tokura, and S. Seki
Science Advances, 4, eaau3402 (2018).
Disordered skyrmion phase stabilized by magnetic frustration in a chiral magnet
K. Karube †, J.S. White †, D. Morikawa, C.D. Dewhurst, R. Cubitt, A. Kikkawa, X.Z. Yu, Y. Tokunaga, T. Arima, H.M. Rønnow, Y. Tokura, and Y. Taguchi
Science Advances, 4, eaar7043 (2018).
Magnetoelectric inversion of domain patterns
N. Leo †, V. Carolus †, J.S. White, M. Kenzelmann, M. Hudl, P. Toledano, T. Honda, T. Kimura, S.A. Ivanov, M. Weil, Th. Lottermoser, D. Meier, and M. Fiebig
Nature 560, 466 (2018).
Coupled multiferroic domain switching in the canted conical spin spiral system Mn2GeO4
T. Honda †, J.S. White †, A.B. Harris, L.C. Chapon, A. Fennell, B. Roessli, O. Zaharko, M. Kenzelmann, and T. Kimura
Nature Communications 8, 15457 (2017).
Robust metastable skyrmions and their triangular–square lattice structural transition in a high-temperature chiral magnet
K. Karube †, J.S. White †, N. Reynolds, J.L. Gavilano, H. Oike, A. Kikkawa, F. Kagawa, Y. Tokunaga, H.M. Rønnow, Y. Tokura, and Y. Taguchi
Nature Materials 15, 1237 (2016).
Néel-type Skyrmion Lattice with Confined Orientation in the Polar Magnetic Semiconductor GaV4S8
I. Kézsmárki, S. Bordács, P. Milde, E. Neuber, L.M. Eng, J.S. White, H.M. Rønnow, C.D. Dewhurst, M. Mochizuki, K. Yanai, H. Nakamura, D. Ehlers, V. Tsurkan, and A. Loidl
Nature Materials 14, 1116 (2015).
A new class of chiral materials hosting magnetic skyrmions beyond room temperature
Y. Tokunaga, X.Z. Yu, J.S. White, H.M. Rønnow, D. Morikawa, Y. Taguchi, and Y. Tokura
Nature Communications 6, 7638 (2015).
Electric field-induced Skyrmion distortion and giant lattice rotation in the magnetoelectric insulator Cu2OSeO3
J.S. White, K. Prša, P. Huang, A.A. Omrani, I. Živković, M. Bartkowiak, H. Berger, A. Magrez, J.L. Gavilano, G. Nagy, J. Zang, and H.M. Rønnow
Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 107203 (2014).
Strain-Induced Ferromagnetism in Antiferromagnetic LuMnO3 Thin Films
J.S. White, M. Bator, Y. Hu, H. Luetkens, J. Stahn, S. Capelli, S. Das, M. Döbeli, Th. Lippert, V.K. Malik, J. Martynczuk, A. Wokaun, M. Kenzelmann, Ch. Niedermayer, and C.W. Schneider
Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 037201 (2013).
Coupling of Magnetic and Ferroelectric Hysteresis by a Multicomponent Magnetic Structure in Mn2GeO4
J.S. White, T. Honda, K. Kimura, T. Kimura, Ch. Niedermayer, O. Zaharko, A. Poole, B. Roessli, and M. Kenzelmann
Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 077204 (2012).
Fermi Surface and Order Parameter Driven Vortex Lattice Structure Transitions in Twin-Free YBa2Cu3O7
J.S. White, V. Hinkov, R.W. Heslop, R.J. Lycett, E.M. Forgan, C. Bowell, S. Strässle, A.B. Abrahamsen, M. Laver, C.D. Dewhurst, J. Kohlbrecher, J.L. Gavilano, J. Mesot, B. Keimer, and A. Erb
Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 097001 (2009).
Superconducting Vortices in CeCoIn5: Toward the Pauli-Limiting Field
A.D. Bianchi, M. Kenzelmann, L. DeBeer-Schmitt, J.S. White, E.M. Forgan, J. Mesot, M. Zolliker, J. Kohlbrecher, R. Movshovich, E.D. Bauer, J.L. Sarrao, Z. Fisk, C. Petrović, and M.R. Eskildsen
Science 319, 177 (2008).
Multiple-q noncollinear magnetism in an itinerant hexagonal magnet
R. Takagi, J.S. White, S. Hayami, R. Arita, D. Honecker, H.M. Rønnow, Y. Tokura, and S. Seki
Science Advances, 4, eaau3402 (2018).
Disordered skyrmion phase stabilized by magnetic frustration in a chiral magnet
K. Karube †, J.S. White †, D. Morikawa, C.D. Dewhurst, R. Cubitt, A. Kikkawa, X.Z. Yu, Y. Tokunaga, T. Arima, H.M. Rønnow, Y. Tokura, and Y. Taguchi
Science Advances, 4, eaar7043 (2018).
Magnetoelectric inversion of domain patterns
N. Leo †, V. Carolus †, J.S. White, M. Kenzelmann, M. Hudl, P. Toledano, T. Honda, T. Kimura, S.A. Ivanov, M. Weil, Th. Lottermoser, D. Meier, and M. Fiebig
Nature 560, 466 (2018).
Coupled multiferroic domain switching in the canted conical spin spiral system Mn2GeO4
T. Honda †, J.S. White †, A.B. Harris, L.C. Chapon, A. Fennell, B. Roessli, O. Zaharko, M. Kenzelmann, and T. Kimura
Nature Communications 8, 15457 (2017).
Robust metastable skyrmions and their triangular–square lattice structural transition in a high-temperature chiral magnet
K. Karube †, J.S. White †, N. Reynolds, J.L. Gavilano, H. Oike, A. Kikkawa, F. Kagawa, Y. Tokunaga, H.M. Rønnow, Y. Tokura, and Y. Taguchi
Nature Materials 15, 1237 (2016).
Néel-type Skyrmion Lattice with Confined Orientation in the Polar Magnetic Semiconductor GaV4S8
I. Kézsmárki, S. Bordács, P. Milde, E. Neuber, L.M. Eng, J.S. White, H.M. Rønnow, C.D. Dewhurst, M. Mochizuki, K. Yanai, H. Nakamura, D. Ehlers, V. Tsurkan, and A. Loidl
Nature Materials 14, 1116 (2015).
A new class of chiral materials hosting magnetic skyrmions beyond room temperature
Y. Tokunaga, X.Z. Yu, J.S. White, H.M. Rønnow, D. Morikawa, Y. Taguchi, and Y. Tokura
Nature Communications 6, 7638 (2015).
Electric field-induced Skyrmion distortion and giant lattice rotation in the magnetoelectric insulator Cu2OSeO3
J.S. White, K. Prša, P. Huang, A.A. Omrani, I. Živković, M. Bartkowiak, H. Berger, A. Magrez, J.L. Gavilano, G. Nagy, J. Zang, and H.M. Rønnow
Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 107203 (2014).
Strain-Induced Ferromagnetism in Antiferromagnetic LuMnO3 Thin Films
J.S. White, M. Bator, Y. Hu, H. Luetkens, J. Stahn, S. Capelli, S. Das, M. Döbeli, Th. Lippert, V.K. Malik, J. Martynczuk, A. Wokaun, M. Kenzelmann, Ch. Niedermayer, and C.W. Schneider
Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 037201 (2013).
Coupling of Magnetic and Ferroelectric Hysteresis by a Multicomponent Magnetic Structure in Mn2GeO4
J.S. White, T. Honda, K. Kimura, T. Kimura, Ch. Niedermayer, O. Zaharko, A. Poole, B. Roessli, and M. Kenzelmann
Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 077204 (2012).
Fermi Surface and Order Parameter Driven Vortex Lattice Structure Transitions in Twin-Free YBa2Cu3O7
J.S. White, V. Hinkov, R.W. Heslop, R.J. Lycett, E.M. Forgan, C. Bowell, S. Strässle, A.B. Abrahamsen, M. Laver, C.D. Dewhurst, J. Kohlbrecher, J.L. Gavilano, J. Mesot, B. Keimer, and A. Erb
Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 097001 (2009).
Superconducting Vortices in CeCoIn5: Toward the Pauli-Limiting Field
A.D. Bianchi, M. Kenzelmann, L. DeBeer-Schmitt, J.S. White, E.M. Forgan, J. Mesot, M. Zolliker, J. Kohlbrecher, R. Movshovich, E.D. Bauer, J.L. Sarrao, Z. Fisk, C. Petrović, and M.R. Eskildsen
Science 319, 177 (2008).
Recent Presentations
| Combining multiple order-parameters in multiferroics for new functionalities | Keynote talk at ILL & ESS User Meeting, Grenoble, FR | 11.10.2018 |
| Introduction to neutron diffraction (from non-centrosymmetric magnets) | Lecture at NTCM Summer School, EPFL, CH | 24.08.2018 |
| Disordered skyrmion phase stabilised by magnetic frustration in a chiral magnet | Invited Seminar at Institut Néel, FR | 21.06.2018 |
| Disordered skyrmion phase stabilised by magnetic frustration in a chiral magnet | Invited Seminar at Durham University, UK | 16.05.2018 |
| Coupled multiferroic domain switching in the canted conical spin spiral system Mn2GeO4 | Invited Talk at APCTP Workshop on Multiferroics, Tokyo, JP | 09.11.2017 |
| Complex mesoscale magnetic order in the Néel-type skyrmion material GaV4S8 | Invited Talk at IUCr Conference 2017, Hyderabad, IN | 25.08.2017 |
| Room temperature Skyrmions and Robust Metastable Skyrmion States in Co-Zn-Mn Alloys | Invited Talk at VORTEX 2017, Natal, BR | 01.06.2017 |
| Room temperature Skyrmions and Robust Metastable Skyrmion States in Co8Zn8Mn4 | Invited Talk at DPG Spring Meeting 2017, Dresden, DE | 21.03.2017 |
| Skyrmions in magnetic materials Download | Tutorial at DPG Spring Meeting 2017, Dresden, DE | 19.03.2017 |
| Neutron scattering studies of magnetic Skyrmions below, at, and above room temperature in Co-Zn-Mn alloys | Invited Seminar at Department of Physics, ETH Zürich, CH | 23.02.2017 |
| Unveiling new properties and phases of magnetic Skyrmions by neutron scattering experiments | Invited Talk for the HERCULES School participants that visit PSI | 15.04.2016 |
| Unveiling new properties and phases of magnetic Skyrmions by neutron scattering experiments | Invited Talk at Workshop on Neutron Scattering to study magnetic, multiferroic and superconducting materials, Bariloche, AR | 11.02.2016 |
| Neutron scattering study of magnetism in the polar semiconductor GaV4S8 | Invited Talk at Workshop on Topological Phenomena in Noncentrosymmetric Magnets, RIKEN, JP | 28.01.2016 |
Colleagues
In addition to other LNS members, I also work with the below-listed scientists and their group members. Please take a moment to visit their webpages.
| Dr. M. Bartkowiak, LDM, PSI | link |
| Prof. S. Bordács, BUTE, Hungary | link |
| Prof. J. Chang, Universität Zürich | link |
| Dr. R. Cubitt, Dr. C.D. Dewhurst, Institut Laue-Langevin, France | link |
| Prof. M.R. Eskildsen, University of Notre Dame, USA | link |
| Prof. M. Fiebig, ETH Zürich | link |
| Prof. E.M. Forgan, University of Birmingham, UK | link |
| Dr. T. Honda, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Japan | link |
| Prof. I. Kézsmárki, Universität Augsburg, Germany | link |
| Prof. T. Kimura, Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Japan | link |
| Prof. H.M. Rønnow, Dr. I. Živković, LQM, EPF Lausanne | link |
| Prof. T.J. Sato, Dr. D. Okuyama, Tohoku University, Japan | link |
| Prof. Y. Tokura, Prof. S. Ishiwata, Dr. N. Kanazawa, Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Japan | link |
| Prof. Y. Tokura, Prof. Y. Taguchi, Prof. S. Seki, Dr. K. Karube, Dr. R. Takagi, RIKEN CEMS, Wako, Japan | link |
| Prof. Y. Yasui, Meiji University, Japan | link |