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Welcome to the Department of Physics at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. I invite you to explore our website where you can find information about our academic programs, courses, research activities, and faculty members. Physics has always been at the forefront of exploration. This is accomplished through cognitive enhancement by education transmitted through academic courses as well as carrying out research at the cutting-edge frontiers of human knowledge. The Physics department offer courses that are solidly based on the American system to meet international quality assurance requirements, which has placed the Department as a world-class regional center in a leading international institution. Our student body includes pure-physics students and double-major students, which reflects the interdisciplinary nature of our program. In addition, our research facilities span various fields of physics including condensed matter physics, lasers, materials research, magnetism and superconductivity, nuclear physics, and nonlinear and computational physics. Over the past five decades, our faculty members have conducted research using in-house facilities as well as collaborative research with national and international centers.

Mohammad Al-Kuhaili,
Professor & Chairman, Physics Department

Research and Academic activity statistics 2015 to 2021

3.1

Average Impact Factor Publications​

51

Patents

10042

Cumulative Citation Count​

452

Publications

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JOINT SEMINAR WITH NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

DIPOLE AND EXCHANGE SPIN WAVES IN YTTRIUM IRON GARNET FILMS
Speaker: 
Prof. J. B. Ketterson
Northwestern University

Date: Monday, 11 March 2024
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Location: Bldg. 6/Room 125

Abstract: 
Ferromagnetic films driven at microwave frequencies can support multiple kinds of propagating magnetic modes involving an inhomogeneous precession of the internal magnetization, commonly called spin waves. When the precession is uniform we have the well-known ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) phenomenon, the frequency of which involves the sample geometry and internal magnetization together with the external field and its direction. At small wavevectors the shift in precession frequency is dominated by the accompanying inhomogeneity of the internal magnetization (the so-called dipole field) and involves two kinds of waves, volume and surface, depending on the sample and magnetic field geometry. At larger wavevectors the dispersion is dominated by the exchange interaction. We will describe a series of experiments that probe and connect these various regimes.

Biography:
Professor got his PhD from University of Chicago, he was appointed Professor of Physics at the Physics Department of Northwestern University from 1974-present, he was chairman of physics department, acting associate and senior physicist and consultant at Argon National Laboratory for a long period. Associate editor of Applied Physics Letters, Divisional Editor of Cond. Mat. Phys., PRL,…
Had more than 50 PhD students the last of which is our student Luhaibi. His Research interests are: Superconducting materials and devices, thin film growth by MBE, Patterned nanostructure, nonlinear optics, heavy fermions, tunnelling, magnetic forces and novel-optical microscopy.

Synergistic activities:

(a) Writing and editing books 
(b) Developing Specialized Courses
(c) Helping high school student with science fair projects.

All faculty, researchers and students are invited to attend.


    Location and Time
  • 6/125

  • 11 Mar, 2024

  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM