Michael F. Crommie
Encyclopedia
Michael F. Crommie is an American
physicist, a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley
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, earning a bachelor's degree there in 1984. He did his doctoral studies under Alex Zettl
at UC Berkeley, receiving a Ph.D. in 1991, and was a postdoctoral fellow at IBM
under Don Eigler. In 2007 he was elected as a fellow of the American Physical Society
.
in 1993 with Lutz and Eigler by using an elliptical ring of cobalt atoms on a copper surface. The ferromagnetic cobalt atoms reflected the surface electrons of the copper inside the ring into a wave pattern, as predicted by the theory of quantum mechanics.
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physicist, a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
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Biography
Crommie did his undergraduate studies at the University of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
, earning a bachelor's degree there in 1984. He did his doctoral studies under Alex Zettl
Alex Zettl
Alex Zettl is an American professor of experimental condensed-matter physics. His research involving the properties of novel materials have produced significant advances in the field.-Biography:...
at UC Berkeley, receiving a Ph.D. in 1991, and was a postdoctoral fellow at IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
under Don Eigler. In 2007 he was elected as a fellow of the American Physical Society
American Physical Society
The American Physical Society is the world's second largest organization of physicists, behind the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. The Society publishes more than a dozen scientific journals, including the world renowned Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, and organizes more than 20...
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Research
Crommie's research group currently does scanning tunneling microscopy and scanning tunneling spectroscopy. Crommie is known for demonstrating the quantum corralQuantum mirage
In physics, a quantum mirage is a peculiar result in quantum chaos. Every system of quantum dynamical billiards will exhibit an effect called scarring, where the quantum probability density shows traces of the paths a classical billiard ball would take...
in 1993 with Lutz and Eigler by using an elliptical ring of cobalt atoms on a copper surface. The ferromagnetic cobalt atoms reflected the surface electrons of the copper inside the ring into a wave pattern, as predicted by the theory of quantum mechanics.