Education of PhDs is a crucial element in our research laboratories and this strong interest can be seen in our total number of 67 PhD graduated! This group includes students from EE, APAM, Physics, Chemistry, and Materials Science. Many of the studies have carried out a portion of our research at both industrial and national laboratory labs.
Our PhD alumni are listed below (67):
1. Chen, Julian Chengjun. Physics of photochemical metallization : photodissociation of metal alkyl
molecules in gas phase and on surfaces (1985)
2. Podlesnik, Dragan Valentin. Laser-controlled aqueous etching of GaAs (1986)
3. Krchnavek, Robert Raymond. Laser processing for microelectronics fabrication (1986)
4. Holber, William Martin. Laser-assisted plasma etching (1987)
5. Tong, Franklin Fuk-Kay. Electron-beam-pumped semiconductor lasers (1987)
6. Willner, Alan Eli, Laser-controlled photochemical etching of semiconductors for electro-optical
devices (1988)
7. Shaw, Ping-Shine. Surface physics of divalent metal alkyls on SiO₂ (1989)
8. Sanchez, Esaul. Infrared studies of dimethylcadmium absorbed on silicon passivated surfaces
(1989)
9. Treyz, George Victor. Laser processing of semiconductors and polymers for applications in
microelectronics and integrated optics (1990)
10. Liberman, Vladimir. Light-induced reaction of chlorine and chlorine-containing compounds with
GaAs (110) surfaces (1991)
11. Chen, Lee. UV laser induced photoion emission from semiconductor surfaces (1988)
12. Licata, Thomas John. Novel doping and surface modification processes for III-V semiconductors
using laser-induced chemistry in organometallic ambients (1990)
13. Cacouris, Theodore. Laser assisted aluminum deposition for microelectronics applications (1990)
14. Ruberto, Mark Neil. The laser-controlled micrometer-scale etching of semiconductor multilayers for
integrated optical device fabrication (1991)
15. Quiniou, Bertrand Olivier Marie. Scanning microscopy, buried interfaces and image-potential states
(1992)
16. Schwarz, Wolfgang Nikolaus. A study of the photodissociation physics of methyl bromide on gallium
arsenide (110) (1992)
17. Shor, Joseph S. SiC device technology for high temperature sensor and electronics application
(1992)
18. Lu, Zhong. A study of the materials chemistry of monolayer oxides on compound semiconductors
(1992)
19. Zhu, Nongfan. Selective aluminum chemical vapor deposition for microelectronic and optoelectronic
applications (1993)
20. Ghandour, Osman Ahmad. Laser-assisted indium phosphide via etching for applications in
microwave, millimeter-wave, optical, and optoelectronic integrated circuits (1994)
21. Eldada, Louay. Laser-controlled rapid prototyping of photonic integrated circuits (1994)
22. Shi, Mingzhang. Characterization of low temperature photochemical etching of GaAs and its
application (1994)
23. Freiler, Michael Brian. The application of photon-driven cryoetching to micro- and nanostructure
fabrication (1995)
24. Ilić, Igor. Numerical techniques for wide angle propagation and beam propagation design of
multimode devices (1997)
25. Hu, Hai (Martin). Design and laser-fabrication of waveguide components and integrated photonic
circuits (1998)
26. Lasky, Peter. Photoreactions on (110) compound semiconductor surfaces (1998)
27. Khan, Khalid. Photoinduced dissociation of n-alkyl bromides on GaAs(110) and GaAs(100) :
electron and fragment dynamics (1999)
28. Levy, David. The design and fabrication of integrated optical power splitters (1999)
29. Huang, Zhengyu. Design and fabrication of integrated optical waveguide devices (1999)
30. Han, Ming. In situ investigation of surface chemistry for chemically driven atomic layer epitaxy of
II-VI Semiconductor thin films (2000)
31. Ramadan, Tarek. New Optical coupler devices (2000)
32. Luo, Yi. Low-temperature chemically-driven atomic layer epitaxy for II-VI material growth (2000)
33. Fujita, Junichiro. Designs and fabrications of integrated optical isolators (2000).
34. Shen, Xiaojun. Electrons on stepped metal surfaces : energetics and dynamics (2000)
35. Radojevic, Antonije, Crystal ion sliced films of LiNbO3 for integrated optics applications (2002).
36. Ahmad, Rokan. Fabrication of ultra-compact photonic components in semiconductors (2002)
37. Rao, Hongling. Optical electromagnetics simulation of strongly reflective structures for integrated
photonics (2002)
38. Adib, Kaveh. Molecular-level chemistry of model single-crystal oxide surfaces with model
halogenated compounds (2002)
39. Izuhara, Tomoyuki. Crystal ion slicing of single crystal thin films for optical and electrical
applications (2004).
40. Smadici, Serban. Image stages on bimetallic flat and stepped surfaces : ultrafast two-photon-
photoemission spectroscopy (2005)
41. Espinola, Richard. Design, fabrication and characterization of ultrasmall SOI-based integrated
photonics devices (2005)
42. Bahl, Mayank. Electromagnetic simulations of active and nonlinear photonic devices (2005)
43. Zhu, Zuoming. Epitaxial growth and characterization of II-VI-semiconductor, one dimensional
nanostructures and thin films (2006)
44. Djukic, Djordje. Active integrated optics devices in thin films of lithium niobate by crystal ion slicing
(2007)
45. Roth, Ryan M. Crystal ion slicing of optical oxides and plasmon-enhanced optical applications
(2007)
46. Chen, Xiaogang. Nonlinear optics in silicon photonic wires : theory and applications (2007)
47. Hsieh, I-Wei. Silicon-Photonics : design, fabrication, and characterization of On-Chip Optical
Interconnects (2009)
48. Cao, Lina. Scattering of surface plasmon polaritons by metallic nanostructures (2009)
49. Chen, Tsung-Liang. The Interfacial Physics and Growth of Nanoscale Metal Oxides (2009)
50. Ofan, Avishai. Physics of heavily implanted single crystal complex oxides (2010)
51. Knox, Kevin R. Investigations of the Band Structure and Morphology of Nanostructured Surfaces
(2011)
52. Liu, Xiaoping. Nonlinear Applications using Silicon Nanophotonic Wires (2011)
53. Gaathon, Ophir. Incorporation of Nonconventional Crystalline Materials onto the Integrated
Photonics Platform (2012)
54. Driscoll, Jeffrey. Silicon Photonics : All-Optical Devices for Linear and Nonlinear Applications (2014)
55. Grote, Richard. Nanophotonics for Optoelectronic Devices : Extrinsic Silicon Photonic Receivers
and Organic Photovoltaics (2014)
56. Zaki, Nader Wasfy. A Correlated 1-D Monatomic Condensed Matter System : Experiment and
Theory (2014)
57. Hong, Sung Young. Multi-Photon Spectroscopic Studies of Molecule/Metal Interfaces and
Graphene (2014)
58. Souhan, Brian Defect Mediated Sub-Bandgap Optical Absorption in Ion-Implanted Silicon Nano-
Wire Waveguide Photodetectors (2015)
59. Huang, Hsu-Cheng. Radiation Damage and Radiation-Based Device-Fabrication Techniques in
LiNbO3 (2015)
60. Li, Zhisheng. Surface Chemistry Studies of Transition Metal Oxides: Titanium Oxide and Iron Oxide
(2015)
61. Yeh, Po-Chun. Van der Waals Layered Materials : Surface Morphology, Interlayer Interaction, and
Electronic Structure (2015)
62. Jin, Wencan. Electronic Structure and Surface Physics of Two-dimensional Material Molybdenum
Disulfide (2017)
63. Meng, Xiang. Emerging Nanophotonic Applications Explored with Advanced Scientific Parallel
Computing (2017)
64. Ahmed, Asif. Exploration of Novel Applications for Optical Communications using Silicon
Nanophotonics (2018)
65. Lin, Yi. Surface Electron Dynamics for Intercalated Graphene (and Other 2D Materials) on a Metal
Template (2019)
66. Yang, Hao. Advanced Applications in Nanophotonics (2019)
67. McMillan, James Flintoft. Investigations of Nonlinear Optical Phenomenon and Dispersion in
Integrated Photonic Devices (2019)