Dan Wasserman

| Department of Physics and Applied Physics

Image of mid-IR propagating surface waves on plasmonic surface.

GROUP MEMBERS

GRADUATE STUDENTS

TROY RIBAUDO, Ph.D. Candidate

Troy Ribaudo received his Bachelor of Science Degree in mathematics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in the May of 2000. He is currently a fifth year Ph.D. student in the Physics department at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, where he also received his Masters Degree in Physics with a concentration in Applied Optics. His research interests include Plasmonics, Metamaterials, and Photonic Crystals.  On the left you can see what happens when you don specifically state which picture you need e-mailed to you for the group website.

DAVID ADAMS, Ph.D. Candidate

David obtained his B.S in Computer Science from Clemson University in 2004, then a M.S in Physics, also from Clemson, in 2006. His research there was in the field of computational Astrophysics. He enrolled at UMass Lowell in Fall of 2007, and began working at the UMass Lowell Photonics Center in the Summer of 2008. His current research is in the field of Plasmonics, and the project he is currently working on involves surface plasmon assisted beam steering through subwavelength apertures.

KRONGTIP TERMKOA , Ph.D. Candidate

Krongtip received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Physics from Silpakorn University, Thailand in 1996 and University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in 2004, respectively. She became a Ph.D. student of the University of Massachusetts Lowell in the fall of 2004. Currently, she is working on integrating of quantum cascade laser (QCL) devices with quasi phase-matched orientation patterned (QPM OP-GaAs) materials using wafer fusion techniques for non-linear frequency doubling.

JOSHUA MASON, PhD Candidate

Joshua received his BA in physics from Kenyon College in 2000. He joined the graduate program in applied physics at UMass Lowell in 2007 and began working with Dr. Wasserman at the Photonics Center in the summer of 2008. His research is in the field of plasmonics and Joshua is currently working on selective thermal emissions from sub-wavelength patterned steel films.

KEVIN ANGLIN, PhD Candidate

Kevin received his undergraduate degree from Tufts University. He joined the graduate program in applied physics at UMass Lowell in 2008 and began working with Dr. Wasserman at the Photonics Center in the summer of 2009. Kevin is working on tunable mid-IR plasmonic structures as well as plasmon enhanced photoacoustic sensing.

DAVID SLOCUM, Ph.D. Candidate - Epsilon-near-zero materials for mid-IR photonics applications.

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

ERIC NAGY- Summer 2010: Mid-IR PLasmonics for Sensing and Steering applications.

SHAUN SMITH - Summer 2010: Selective thermal emission from patterned steel substrates.  Summer 2009: Physics I course development.

ZACHARIAH JOHNSON - 2009: Selective thermal emission from patterned substrates.  Graduated 2010.

CYNTHIA MITCHELL - Physics I course development.

CHRIS REIDY - Mid-IR Quantum Cascade Lasers with polymer electrical isolation layers.  Graduated Spring 2009, currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Physics Department at Oregon State University.

MELISSA SPENCER - Capstone Project: Mid-IR Quantum Cascade Lasers with polymer electrical isolation layers.   Graduated Spring 2009, currently at MIT Lincoln Labs.