Tips & Tricks
Here I share information that has helped me in my scientific work:
how to write scientific articles, assemble optical setups, choose colors for figures, etc.
This page is based on https://www.ioffe.ru/ferrolab/Tips&Tricks
Useful videos and links
Magnetism and magneto-optics:
Slides of European School on Magnetism
Youtube channel SPICE
Youtube channel Nanomagnetism and Magnonics (Uni of Vein)
Spintronics lectures by Prof. A. Manchon: web page and youtube
Tutorials on micromagnetic modeling: MuMax, OOMMF, Ubermag
Magnetism in animations zayets2physics.com
Birefringence and dichroism visually by András Szilágyi
Database of refractive indexes refractiveindex.info
List of software for magnetic modeling: http://magnetism.eu/43-software.htm
aurelia is designed to simulate spectra from angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) experiments
To help an experimenter: tips on collecting setups and processing data
Youtube channel Thorlabs: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThorlabsVideos
Youtube channel Edmund Optics: https://www.youtube.com/c/edmundoptics
Youtube channel Zurich instruments: https://www.youtube.com/c/Zhinst
Encyclopedia RP Photonics: https://www.rp-photonics.com/encyclopedia.html
Improving the signal-to-noise ratio using cross-correlation techniques: #1 and #2
Virtual Workshop on Microscopy https://myscope.training/
A good encyclopedia on scientific image processing https://bioimagebook.github.io
Other links
How to give a great research talk
Why We Use Bad Color Maps and What You Can Do About It
Visualizing Science: How Color Determines What We See
Vector set for drawing optical installation diagrams ComponentLibrary
A platform for collaboration between researchers: https://colab.ws/
And another one: https://scival.com/
Good blog about scientific writing https://brushingupscience.com/
How to assemble an optical pump-probe
Serious notes in Stand-up style
A tale of the oscillator and pump density, or invaluable experience
Oscillator vs. parametric amplifier
Laser and modulator: How to choose and get the best performance
Chopper is spinning, science is stirring
Dim light and safety glasses
Tricks for acoustic pump-probe
Picosecond acoustics (also known as “ultrafast acoustics” or “laser hypersonics”)
What is magnonics, and what have we brought to it at FerroLab?
A longread about magnonics, inspired by the publication of our group’s article