Welcome to MBE Optoelectronics Group
The group is led by Professor Yong-Hang Zhang from the school of electrical, computer and energy Engineering. Part of the Center for Photonics Innovation.
News
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Group Attends the 39th North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy (NAMBE) Conference
Members of the ASU MBE Optoelectronics Group actively participated in the 39th North American Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy (NAMBE 2025), sharing their latest research results with the MBE community. Prof. Yong-Hang Zhang gave the Art Gossard MBE Innovator Awardee Talk, “6.1 Å to 6.5 Å Families: from Type-II Superlattice IR Lasers and Detectors to… Read more
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Congratulations to Dr. Zhang for Winning the Art Gossard MBE Innovator Award
We are delighted to congratulate Professor Yong-Hang Zhang on receiving the Art Gossard MBE Innovator Award at NAMBE 2025. This award recognizes his pioneering contributions to Molecular Beam Epitaxy, including breakthroughs in type-II superlattice infrared devices and remote-junction solar cells. His recognition highlights the global impact of ASU’s MBE Optoelectronics Group. Read more
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Henry Successfully Wraps Up NSF REU Internship with the MBE Optoelectronics Group
Henry Garland, a rising undergraduate senior at Northern Arizona University, worked in the MBE Optoelectronics group under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Yong-Hang Zhang, Allison McMinn, Razine Hossain, Xiaoyang Liu, and Dr. Zheng Ju. His project was to perform temperature-dependent photoluminescence spectroscopy measurements of InAs/InAsSb and InAs/Ga(In)Sb type-II superlattices. He also aided in thorough MBE troubleshooting to… Read more
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Congratulations to Nathan Rosenblatt on his nomination for the Best Student Presentation Award at IEEE PVSC 53!
Nathan Rosenblatt presented the group’s work (spearheaded by Xin Qi, Zheng Ju, and Xiaoyang Liu) on interface Fermi-level engineering for efficient CdTe solar cells without p-type doping at PVSC 2025. The talk was nominated for a best student presentation award and presents our results recently published in Solar RRL Read more
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Congratulations Dr. Preston Webster on winning the Young Investigator Award for NAMBE 2025!
Congratulations to Preston Webster for winning the prestigious Young Investigator Award of the NAMBE 2025. Preston is our center alumnus and received his PhD under the supervision of Shane Johnson in very close collaboration with our MBE Optoelectronics Group in a MURI program. We are very proud of his achievements. Read more
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MBE Optoelectronics Group’s Publication Selected for Cover Page in Solar RRL Again!
Congratulations again to the MBE Optoelectronics Group for another recent paper chosen by Solar RRL as the cover page story. A recent article by the ASU MBE Optoelectronics group has been selected as the cover article in Solar RRL. The paper, titled “Monocrystalline CdSeTe/MgCdTe Double-Heterostructure Solar Cells”, reports monocrystalline CdSeTe/MgCdTe double-heterostructure solar cells with varying Se compositions in the… Read more