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Faculty

Prof. Yong-Hang Zhang

Prof. Yong-Hang Zhang

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Postdoctoral Students

Dr. Allison McMinn

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Graduate Students

Nathan Rosenblatt

Graduate Research Assistant

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Xiaoyang Liu

Graduate Research Assistant

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Razine Hossain

Graduate Research Assistant

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Undergraduate Students

Gabriel Garcia

Lab Assistance

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Alumni

Research Scientist

NameTimeInstitute
Dr. Shane R. Johnson1996-2016Arizona State University

Visiting Scholars

NameTimeInstitute
Prof. Tae-Sik Yoon8/14-6/15Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Dr. Konstanze Hild3/13-5/13University of Surrey
Prof. Kentaroh Watanabe12/10University of Tokyo
Prof. Stephen Sweeney12/07-7/08University of Surrey
Dr. Yuri G. Sadofyev04/01-12/03Russian Academy of Sciences
Prof. Deshen Jiang01/01-06/01Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Prof. Chang-Zhi Guo08/98-05/00Peking University
Prof. Weikun Ge01/98-04/98Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Research Associates

NameJoinedPresently
Dr. Zheng Ju12/23-09/25Laser Components Detector Group Inc, 2025Laser Components
Dr. Tyler McCarthy07/24-04/25Teledyne Technologies., 2025Teledyne Technologies
Dr. Stephen Schaefer 05/21-07/22National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 2022NREL
Dr. Yang Zhang 01/18-12/18University of Arkansas, 2018Jinan University
Dr. Guopeng Chen 09/16-09/17Lam Research, 2017Lam Research
Dr. Peng Wang 08/16-09/17HC SemiTek, 2017SCNU
Dr. Jacob Becker 05/17-08/17L3 Technology, 2017L3 Technology
Dr. Ernesto Suarez01/15-03/16Sumika, 2016Sumika
Dr. Alexander P. Kirk08/12-09/14Microlink Devices Inc., 2014Microlink Devices Inc.
Dr. Martyn Fisher09/15-10/16ASU, 2016ASU
Dr. Weiquan Yang09/11-09/14AdValue Photonics, 2014AdValue Photonics
Dr. Stuart Farrell07/11-02/13NREL, 2013NREL
Dr. Jing-jing Li05/12-02/13Intel, 2013Intel
Dr. Jin Fan08/12-02/13Soitec Phoenix Labs, 2013Microchip
Dr. Oray Orkun Cellek01/11-09/12Omnivision, 2012Apple
Dr. Ha Sul Kim10/11-08/12Chonnam National University, 2012Chonnam National University
Dr. Hua Li10/11-06/12China Guodian Corporation, 2012China Guodian Corporation
Dr. Charles Allen06/10-02/12Zipton Labs, 2012Zipton Labs
Dr. Ding Ding12/07-09/11Soitec Phoenix Labs, 2011Soitec Phoenix Labs
Dr. Qiang Zhang01/11-09/11Princeton University, 2011Trumpf Phontonics Inc.
Dr. Swee Hoe Lim08/09-02/11nanosolar, 2011nanosolar
Dr. Vijay D’Costa05/10-11/10nanometrics, 2010nanometrics
Dr. Songnan Wu02/10-12/10Philips Lumileds, 2010Philips Lumileds
Dr. Xianfeng Lu08/09-05/10Varian, 2010Varian
Dr. Kevin O’Brien10/08-03/10Atlas Material Testing Solutions, 2010Atlas
Dr. Wei Du09/08-09/09Arizona State University, 2009ASU
Dr. Shumin Wang09/07-07/09Uriel solar, 2009Uriel solar
Dr. Guanhong Wu08/08-02/09CSUST, China, 2009CSUST, China
Dr. Jinhui Tan07/07-07/08The Univ. of Iowa , 2007The Univ. of Iowa
Dr. Hongxue Liu07/07-12/07The Univ. of New Orleans, 2007Univ. of New Orleans
Dr. Shui-Qing Yu12/05 – 04/07Arizona State Univeristy, 2007University of Arkansas
Dr. Jiang-Bo Wang12/05 – 03/07Philips Lumileds, 2007HC SemiTek
Dr. Zhibiao Chen07/00-11/01University of Maryland, 2001Archcom, China
Dr. Sergio Chaparro12/99-03/01Lytek, 2001Qimonda
Dr. Phil Dowd02/98-07/99National Nayang University, 1999AZTE, ASU
Dr. John Zhou02/98-06/99CoreTech, 1999
Dr. Mario Beaudoin11/97-11/99Bandwidth 9, 1999AMPEL, UBC
Dr. Wolfgang Braun05/97-08/98Paul Drude Institute, 1998Createc
Dr. Parag Kelkar05/97-07/98UCLA, 1998
Dr. Chung-Hong Kuo08/96-11/97University of Houston, 1997Applied Optoelectronics
Ph.D. GraduatesGraduatedJoinedPresently
Allison McMinn04/26AFRL, 2026Air Force Research Lab
Xin Qi05/25Texas A&M University, 2025Texas A&M University
Tyler McCarthy07/24Arizona State University, 2024Teledyne Technologies
Zheng Ju12/23Arizona State University, 2024Laser Components
Jia Ding11/21Meta,2021 Meta
Cheng-Ying Tsai11/20 Apple,2020 Apple
Calli Campbell06/19First SolarKLA Tencor
Maxwell Lassise05/19First Solar,2021First Solar
Joe Margetis05/18ASMASM
Jacob Becker05/17Arizona State University, 2017L3 Technology
Yuan Zhao11/16Northwestern University, 2016Meiyou Technology Inc.
Zhiyuan Lin11/16HC SemiTek, 2016HC SemiTek
Zhaoyu He11/16OmniVision, 2016OmniVision
Xinhao Zhao10/16Intel, 2016Intel
Xiaomeng Shen12/15Jun He Law Offices, 2015KLA Tencor
Shi Liu8/15Intel, 2015Intel
Michael DiNezza10/14Started his own business, 2014
Jin Fan08/12Arizona State University, 2012Microchip
Jing-Jing Li05/12Arizona State University, 2012Intel
Elizabeth H. Steenbergen03/12Air Force research labs, 2012Air Force research labs
Benjamin Green11/11Intel, 2011Intel
Robin Scott02/11Soitec Phoenix Labs, 2011Intel
Songnan Wu02/10Arizona State Univeristy, 2010Philips Lumileds
Ding Ding12/07Arizona State Univeristy, 2007Soitec Phoenix Labs
Xu Jin12/06Spectra Physics, 2005Spectra Physics
Shuiqing Yu12/05Arizona State Univeristy, 2005Univeristy of Arkansas
Jiangbo Wang12/05Arizona State University, 2005HC SemiTek
Yong Cao12/05Applied Materials, 2006Applied Materials
Nigamananda Samal12/04Trion Technology, 2004Trion Technology
Cheng-Gang Xie09/00Motorola CRL, 2000Rockwell Colins
Uli Koelle07/99Agilent, 1999Avago Technologies
Chang-Myung Ryu07/99Motorola CRL, 1999Samsung
Chuck Wheeler05/98Started his own business, 1998
Master GraduatesGraduatedJoined
Ying-Shen Kuo10/14ASM America, 2014
W. Hank G. Dettlaff04/12
Junliang Chen05/10Cree, 2010
Xiaobo Zhang09/09UC Berkeley, 2009
Adhiveerarashavan Srikanth07/99Intel, 1999
Akber Mohammed09/98Intel, 1998
Martin Boonzaayer12/96Motorola, 1996
Ph.D. Students
Torrey Graf08-09
Carlos Navarro98-02
Steve Sparks98-99
Aiqing Jiang97
Master Students
Kyrylo Voinkov2022-2025Arizona State University
Donna Vigneri2011Freescale Semiconductor, 03/2011
Raenaurd Turpin1999Hughes Space and Communications, 1999
Damian Movrin1999-2000
Undergraduate StudentsResearch area in the group
Henry Garland (REU Internship)2025Temperature-dependent photoluminescence spectroscopy North Arizona University
Aron Wang (High School Student)2024-2025Solar cell and XRD data analysisCornell Univerisity
Kyrylo Voinkov2024Black body radiation
Tyler McCarthy2016-2017MBE growth and material characterization
Jorge Cardenas2015-2016X-ray diffraction measurements
Jonathan Knudsen2003Computer controlled time-resolved measurement
Ping Zhang2000-2001Software development
Bree Deherera2000MBE chilled water manifold upgrade
Alex Nguyen1999MBE hardware and electronics
Jim Tseng1999Technical support for the optical characterization lab
Kee Tang1998Development of MBE lab electronics
Efan Ali1998Modeling of VCSEL reflectance data
John Miller1998Design of wet oxidation furnace
Jason Addie1998Built MBE lab hardware and UPS backups
Yee-Fern Chen1998Optical materials characterization
Jeff Foutz1997-1999MBE electronics and software development
Hans Morales1997Lightwave signal analyzer
Troy Hawthorne1997Rebuild a low temperature PL cryostat
Daniel Nolasco1997MBE hardware and electronics
Jonathon Perry1997Labview software for VCSEL testing
Douglas Janes1997Computer control hardware & software
Mark DeHerrera1996-1997MBE in-situ control computer system