Whitehead, N.

"The book argues for a roughly 10%/90% nature/nurture effect in homosexuality while asserting that any genetic effect is very indirect eg: any physical characteristic making a person feel gender-atypical. The book shows that homosexual orientation is not biologically driven or f…

In this thesis, the magnetic parameters of a ferromagnetic film are varied to create refractive index profiles for spin waves. The properties of this "magnonic" refractive index are studied for different frequency regimes. Analytical theory and numerical modelling are used throu…