Research Group
Summer 2014
Summer 2015
Current Members
Graduate Students
Natalie Hernandez, UV and CEES spectroscopy of Eu-doped GaN
Andrew Helbers, Magnetic Properties of RE-doped GaN
Keith Veenhuizen, Lithium Niobate in reduced dimensions and restricted environments
Sean McAnany: Ferroelectric Crystals in Glass (with H. Jain)
Ruoqiao Wei: Time-resolved spectroscopy of RE-doped GaN
Courtney Au-Yeung: just starting out
Post-Docs
Dmytro Savytskyy, Crystal in Glass (with Jain)
Alumni
Christian Sandmann 2000-2004 Ph.D now at BD Technology
Confocal luminescence microscopy study of defect-domain wall interaction in LiNbO3 and its application to light-induced domain engineering
Samson Tafon Penn 2001- 2007 Ph.D, now at King Fahd Medical City
Cathodoluminescence Based Imaging of Periodically Poled Integrated Optical Waveguide Devices-Basic Mechanism and Application
Zachary Fleischman, 2003-2008 Ph.D, now at Army Research Lab
Optical Spectroscopy of Rare-Earth Doped Semiconductors
Naveen Jha 2004-2008 Ph.D, now at John Hopkins University
Photoluminescence Studies on AlGaN layers for UV laser applications
Gregory Stone, 2005-2010 PhD, now at Penn State University
Investigation of Ferroelectric Domain Walls by Raman Spectroscopy
Liangcheng Zhou, 2006-2010, PhD, now at Princeton University
Study of UV surface plasmons on metallic nanostructures and its applications to nanophotonics
Nathaniel Woodward 2006-2011 PhD, now at Army Research Lab
Optical and Magneto-Optical Studies of Rare Earth Doped Gallium Nitride
Jon Poplawsky, 2008-2012 PhD, now at Oak Ridge National Lab
Brian Knorr, 2010-2015 PhD, now at Fairleigh Dickenson
Raman and Luminescence Investigation of Rare Earth Doped Ferroelectric Crystals and Laser-Induced Crystals-in-Glass
Brandon Mitchell, 2011-2015 PhD, now at Mt. Union College, Ohio
The Role of Defect Complexes in the Magneto-Optical Properties of Rare Earth Doped Gallium Nitride
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Tyler Morgus, 2003-2004 Post-Doc started faculty position at East Stroudsburg now at Thorlabs
Oleksiy Svitelskiy, 2003- 2004 Post-Doc now at Colgate University
Aleksey Nikiforov Post-Doc 2004-2006, now at Boston University
Lolita Rotkina, 2006, Research Scientist, now at University of Pennsylvania
Pavel Capek, 2005-2007 now at start-up company in Czech Republic
Pradyumna Gupta: Ferroelectric Crystals in Glass (with H. Jain)
REU students
Summer 2001
Jim Cybulsky, Fiber-based ultrasonics
Chris Daniels Quest for Er3+ lasers in LiNbO3 waveguides
Summer 2001
Steven Sweeney, Confocal fluorescence microscopy
Summer 2003
Bryon Viechnicki, Heat Induced Defect Rearrangement in Lithium Niobate
Summer 2004
Greg Stone, Confocal Raman Tweezer
Kaia Buhl, Spectral Changes of Pr3+ Ions Across Ferroelectric Domain Walls in LiNbO3: Domain Wall Imaging & Crystal Field Analysis”
Summer 2005
Chad Althouse, Raman Investigations of Domain Inversion in Lithium Tantalate
Nate Woodward, UV-induced writing of waveguides in lithium niobate
Naota Nakayama, Optical spectroscopy of rare earth doped glass ceramics
Summer 2006
Jessica Harris, Optical Characterizations of TeO2 Fibers
Keiko Miyahara, Site-Selective Spectroscopy of Erbium Ion In Lithium Tantalate
David Newby, Direct UV Writing of Waveguides in Lithium Niobate
Summer 2007
Angela Mason, Light Induced Domain Inversion in LiNbO3
Leon Maurer, Excitation traps in glass ceramics and oxides
Ovie Arienmughare, Spectroscopic studies of RE-doped GaN
Summer 2008
Chris Hardaway, Optical Spectroscopy of RE ions in LaBGeO5 Transparent Ferroelectric Glass-Ceramics
Massooma Pirbhai, Raman Spectroscopy on the Surfaces of Lithium Niobate
A.M. Driscoll, Development and Studies of Photoluminescence Measurements of InGaAsN-GaAs and InGaN-GaN Quantum Well Structures
Summer 2009
Jana Stallman, Measuring Space Charge Fields Effects in Er:LiNbO3
Jackline Koech 2009 Temperature-dependence of localized emission in AlGaN measured by cathodoluminescence
Summer 2010
Demetrious Wilson Optical Spectroscopy of Eu-doped GaN
