ASU MBE Group organized a spring reunion at Evelyn Hallman Park in Tempe on April 12. The event brought together current group members, alumni, and friends from other research groups for a fun and relaxing day outdoors. Everyone enjoyed good food, games, and conversations. In addition to catching up socially, some attendees also discussed their…

We are pleased to congratulate Dr. Xin Qi on the successful defense of his Ph.D. dissertation, entitled “Study of Thin-Film Cd(Se)Te/MgCdTe Double-Heterostructure Solar Cells and Novel Epitaxial Lift-off Techniques.” Dr. Qi will join Texas A&M University as a postdoctoral researcher. We wish him continued success in his academic career and look forward to future collaborations…

We are excited to share that Razine and Allison have been awarded the ARCS Scholarship, a well-known honor that supports top graduate students in science and engineering. This award helps students continue their research by providing funding and recognition for their hard work. With this win, we keep our 15+ year record of receiving this…

On October 23, 2024, Prof. Yong-Hang Zhang presented an invited lecture titled “Antimonide Type-II Superlattices and Heterovalent Integration: From MBE Growth, Materials Physics, to Device Applications” at the University of Michigan. His talk explored advanced concepts in molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), materials physics, and their applications in cutting-edge device technologies. This lecture was part of…

Congratulations to Dr. Tyler McCarthy on his successful Ph.D. defense entitled “Molecular Beam Epitaxial Growth of Group-IV and Heterovalent Structures for Infrared Detectors and Quantum Transport Study”. Tyler will stay in our group to work as a postdoc. We are looking forward to making more progress in the future with Dr. Tyler McCarthy.

We are happy to announce that Tyler McCarthy was selected as the inaugural recipient of the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering (ECEE) Graduate Student Research Award. The ECEE started this new annual award as a way for graduating Masters and PhD students to share their research amongst colleagues from outside their particular field…

Prof. Yong-Hang Zhang, Dr. Zheng Ju, Xin Qi, and Nathan Rosenblatt made significant contributions at the 52nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 52), held from June 9 to 15. Dr. Zheng Ju captivated the audience with his presentation on “Monocrystalline CdSexTe1-x/MgyCd1-yTe Double-Heterostructure Solar Cells Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy.” Nathan Rosenblatt’s insightful talk on “Performance…

Dr. Yong-Hang Zhang and Dr. Zheng Ju recently participated in the prestigious SPIE Photonics West (PW 2024) conference in San Francisco, CA. This globally recognized event is renowned for its focus on cutting-edge photonics technologies, including lasers, biomedical optics, biophotonics, quantum, and optoelectronics. Dr. Zhang delivered an invited talk titled “Material properties and applications of…

Our research team successfully hosted a conference for the Photonics Innovation Center. This gathering featured representatives from the United States Navy, Arizona State University, and researchers from the industrial sector. Together, they engaged in discussions on cutting-edge research and achievements in semiconductor photonic devices. The conference encompassed topics such as metasurfaces, novel semiconductor materials, photodetectors…

Congratulations to Dr. Zheng Ju on his successful Ph.D. defense entitled “MBE Growth of Semiconductor Quantum Structures with Type-II Band Alignment and CdSe Thin Films for Device Applications”. Zheng will stay in our group to work as a postdoc. We are looking forward to making more progress in the future with Dr.Zheng Ju in the…