Expertise
Optical Spectroscopy, Sol-gel, lasers and phosphors

Instrumentation
Lasers, cryogenics (liquid nitrogen mostly, with a closed-cycle He refrig.), optical detectors, ellipsometer, Spin coater, 1200 C tube furnace. Other departments at F&M allow access to SEM, XRD, TEM, High capacity computing resources.

Background & Research Interest
Optical spectroscopy of lanthanide and transition metal impurities in solids. Research interests in surface effects on impurity ion luminescence quenching.