Skills:
Thin film deposition: PVD, reactive sputtering, combinatorial sputtering, RF magnetron sputtering, multi-layer films. Photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL): steady state, lifetime (time dependent), temperature dependent. Thin film characterization: reflectometry, electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS, EDX, WDS, EPMA), cathodoluminescence (CL). Phosphor characterization, Scintillator characterization: light output, decay time, thermoluminescence (TL), radioluminescence (RL), Absorption/Transmission. X-ray diffraction (XRD), vacuum system design, cryogenic systems, Single crystal growth: laser heated pedestal growth (LHPG). Non-linear optical materials characterization: birefringent, quasi phasematching (QPM). Origin, LabVIEW, MatLab, SolidWorks.