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| Education: | |
| 1991: Dr. rer. nat. in Physics, Max-Planck Institute for Solid States and University of Stuttgart, Germany. | |
| Academic Experience: | |
| 10/2005-present: Director, Center for Nanophotonics, Arizona Institute of Nanoelectronics, ASU. | |
| 5/2004-present: Director, Center for Semiconductor Optical Refrigeration, ASU. | |
| 8/2006-present: Affiliated Professor, Department of Physics, ASU. | |
| 8/2006-present: Affiliated Professor, School of Materials, ASU. | |
| 2000-present: Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, ASU. | |
| 1996-2000: Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, ASU. | |
| 1991-1993: Postdoctoral Assistant Research Engineer, NSF QUEST Center, University of California at Santa Barbara. | |
| Industrial Experience: | |
| 5/2001-8/2003: On leave from ASU and served as the Chairman of the Board, CEO, and the President of Lytek Corporation | |
| 1993-1995: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Hughes Research Laboratories | |
| 1995-1996: Research Staff Member, Hughes Research Laboratories | |
| Consultant to Applied Materials, Lytek, Fermionics, Tokyo Electronics Phoenix Research Laboratories, etc. | |
| Selected Professional Activities and Awards: | |
| • IEEE Senior Member | |
| • Award for Innovation & Excellence in Laser Technology & Applications, Hughes Electronics Company, 1994. | |
• Listed in Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in North America etc. since 1993. |
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| Publications: | |
| More than 130 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings, 1 invited book chapter, 2 edited conference proceedings, 4 issued US patents, more than 130 invited and contributed conference presentations. (Selected publications:) | |
| 1. J.-B. Wang, S. R. Johnson, D. Ding, S.-Q. Yu, and Y.-H. Zhang, “Influence of photon recycling on cooling efficiency and cooling power in semiconductor luminescence refrigeration,” J. Appl. Phys. 100, 043502 (2006). | |
| 2. N. Samal, S. R. Johnson, D. Ding, A. K. Samal, Y.-H. Zhang, Novel VCSEL Design with Tailored Spatial Current Injection for High-Power Single-Mode Operation, Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 161108 (2005). | |
| 3. J.-B. Wang, S.R. Johnson, S.A. Chaparro, D. Ding, Y. Cao, Yu. G. Sadofyev, Y.-H. Zhang, J.A. Gupta, and C.Z. Guo, Band edge alignment of pseudomorphic GaAs1-ySby on GaAs, Phys. Rev. B70, 195339 (2004). | |
| 4. P. Dowd, S.R. Johnson, S.A. Feld, M. Adamcyk, S.A. Chaparro, J. Joseph, K. Hilgers, M.P. Horning, K. Shiralagi, Y.-H. Zhang, Long wavelength GaAsP/GaAs/GaAsSb VCSELs on GaAs substrates for communications applications, Electron. Lett. 39, 987 (2003). | |
| 5. R. Leon, G. M. Swift, B. Magness, W.A. Taylor, Y.S. Tang, K.L. Wang, P. Dowd, and Y.-H. Zhang, Changes in luminescence emission induced by proton irradiation: InGaAs/GaAs quantum wells and quantum dots, Appl. Phys. Lett. 76(15), 2075 (2000). | |
| 6. P. Dowd, W. Braun, David J. Smith, C.M. Ryu, C.-Z. Guo, S.L. Chen, U. Koelle, S.R. Johnson, and Y.-H. Zhang, Long Wavelength (1.3 µm and 1.5 µm) Photoluminescence from InGaAs/GaPAsSb Quantum Wells Grown on GaAs, Appl. Phys. Lett. 75(9), 1267 (1999). | |
| Selected Conference Activities | |
| • Program Committee Co-Chair, International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors, 2006 | |
| • Advisory Committee Member of the International North America Molecular Beam Epitaxy Conference 2000-present. | |
| • Program Committee Member for LEOS Annual Meeting, 2003. | |
• Program Committee Member for the International MBE Conf., 2002. |
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• Program Committee Member for CLEO, Laser Applications and Optical Instrumentation Systems, 2000-2003. |
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| • Chairman of the International North America Molecular Beam Epitaxy Conference, 2000. | |
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